How to Use tirade in a Sentence

tirade

noun
  • The coach directed a tirade at the team after the loss.
  • He went into a tirade about the failures of the government.
  • The result of this bizarre tirade?
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But her tirade was cut short by the piercing wail of an air raid siren.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • Michael ended his tirade and walked out of the studio.
    — Dan Beck, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
  • His tirades against Ukraine stood out for their bloodthirsty rhetoric.
    — Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
  • My brother and his wife were the only ones who could take his tirades.
    — Philip Galanes, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The tirade, which was caught on camera, has now left her without a job.
    — Tanya A. Christian, Essence, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The -- the president went on a tirade against Tillis last night.
    — ABC News, 29 June 2025
  • This is not the first time Musk has unleashed a tirade against those who question him.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Cody Blackbird, a dancer and flutist who filmed the man's tirade, said his group doesn't feel safe.
    — Terry Tang, ajc, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Expect a tirade on Truth Social any minute.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The parent is getting nothing out of it, so this often stops the tirade.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Just this insane profanity-laden tirade that went on and on and on.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And baseball has just tirades and just screaming at each other in the middle.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • During the hearing, Gohmert went on a tirade against Democrats.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 2 June 2022
  • But that gets lost in her firestorm of Twitter tirades and skin lightening.
    — Danielle Young, The Root, 15 May 2018
  • The newspaper’s story about the case touched off a tirade from Ramos.
    — Brian Witte, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Garrett, who took it upon himself to calm the waters, was asked about the tirade.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Faust aimed an off-the-air tirade at the woman who co-hosts his morning-drive radio show in the city.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Nagy, normally upbeat and composed, had gone on an all-time tirade.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In the years since, his baseless tirades have continued in public.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Blanchett’s tirade against the awards-show machine was seen by some as tanking her chances at Oscar gold.
    — Vulture, 14 Jan. 2024
  • And indeed, a mask appears to dangle in the plane aisle as seen in video of the ensuing tirade.
    — Author: Avi Selk, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2017
  • When Jeremiah wakes up the next morning, his tirade really starts to heat up.
    — Claire Franken, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Parler went out of its way to explain that Ye’s recent tirade had no bearing on the deal.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The newspaper's story about the case touched off a yearslong tirade from Ramos.
    — Tamara Lush, Fox News, 3 July 2018
  • The newspaper’s story about the case touched off a yearslong tirade from Ramos.
    — Washington Post, 3 July 2018
  • With Jimmy Lee Dykes, even the simplest spat could trigger a tirade.
    — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The entire restaurant, packed with customers, was privy to the tirade, but to some Carew’s rage seemed to just be part of the scenery.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024

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