How to Use road rage in a Sentence

road rage

noun
  • Officers have not ruled out road rage.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • How did the road rage incident begin?
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Comments citing road rage started rolling in.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The incident was initially thought to be linked to road rage.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • One man was killed and police believe the shooting might stem from a road rage incident.
    — Austen Erblat, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Prince was off-duty when he became embroiled in a road rage incident that led to the charges.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Calls logged as reckless driving can turn out to have been road rage and may be missing from the data, or vice versa.
    — Rose Evans updated March 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
  • He also was accused in a road rage incident earlier in the day.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026
  • Police learned that a 30-year-old man pulled up and shot at their sedan after a road rage incident.
    — Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Police say all three knew each other and may be related, and the shooting does not appear to be road rage.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That’s a good way to avoid tailgating, flashing lights or a sounding horn — and possible road rage.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
  • One road rage instance left a Dearborn Heights teen dead earlier this year.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a good way to avoid tailgating, flashing lights or a sounding horn — and possible road rage.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • From road rage to the slow highway crawl, traffic can lead to anxiety and frustration for any driver.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
  • She was shot in the neck, lawyer says Dawkins was caught in the crossfire of a road rage incident that had nothing to do with her.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • This case — one involving charges of road rage and driving under the influence — had nothing to do with me.
    — Chera Hammons, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Fernando Mateo, a spokesman for the group, said the killing took place during a road rage clash over a fender bender.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • But if your finger or expletives lead to aggressive driving or violence, the road rage can lead to trouble with the law.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Investigators believe it was tied to the road rage incident.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Before Zarutska was killed, a bus driver was shot and killed in a 2022 road rage incident.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • Investigators determined that the shooting was the result of road rage and there is no threat to the public, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
  • There’s road rage, air rage, gas rage and now, coming to South Florida, World Cup ticket rage.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
  • The sheriff says the situation started out as road rage incident on Friday.
    — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Shattered glass remained after a jaw-dropping road rage incident on Archer on Monday.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The driver, who was uninjured, told officers the shooting appeared to be a road rage incident, police said.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Nov. 2025
  • An investigation is ongoing, but police said the shooting may have stemmed from a road rage incident.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • One man was killed and two others were wounded Thursday night in a road rage shooting in South Dallas, police say.
    — Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • To his knowledge, Harward said, road rage incidents in Nampa are seldom severe.
    — Rose Evans updated March 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
  • In the first season, Yeun and Wong played two strangers whose lives collide in a strange way after they’re involved in a road rage incident.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In the first season, Yeun and Wong played two strangers whose lives collide in a strange way after they’re involved in a road rage incident.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026

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