How to Use wrath in a Sentence

wrath

noun
  • Get ready for the wrath of the readers.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Or risk the wrath of being on the wrong side.
    — Dallas Morning News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • No airport pap walk has been spared the wrath of pink on pink on pink.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 July 2023
  • This disease shall hold me back no longer, the world will know my wrath.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Nothing is sacred, no one above their wrath.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Even most male bears at the park steer clear of her maternal wrath.
    — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Incurring the wrath of the fairy folk for spilling milk, that’s what.
    — Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Have the Wolves and their physical play drawn that same wrath?
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Admonitions and sneers came from her pony face, a face chock-full of wrath.
    — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Based on that alone, the group is destined to suffer the wrath of stans worldwide.
    — Rebecca Shortall, Vulture, 12 July 2023
  • But part of my job is to guide you in the right direction and spare you from the wrath of bad fair food.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Our politicians didn’t have the courage to do that, fearing the wrath of Bears fans.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • So risk the wrath of a thousand nonnas and add a bit of oil to your pot of pasta water.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 20 June 2023
  • But those weren’t the containers that brought the wrath of Stop Sales.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • There’s motivation in trying to avoid the wrath of these guys.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Shrines crop up in her honor — both from those who wish to avoid her wrath and others who approve of her killings.
    — Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Parents, faces red with wrath, scream in objection to library books.
    — Martha Hickson, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Armed with a name, Polyphemus is able to call down his father’s wrath on Odysseus.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
  • But questions swirled about if even that would survive nature’s wrath for two-and-a-half centuries.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • There is no way that the Granite State will escape the wrath of the party.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Grace becomes a doting mother, but the house becomes the subject of her wrath.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • His client, wary of attracting anarchist wrath, told him to revise the plan.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The second-year former first-round draft pick didn’t even have to be on the floor to face Doncic’s wrath.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • My refusal to accept his drinking has led him to cast his wrath upon me on occasion.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Two machine-gunners who escaped the wrath of the previous planes.
    — Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The lingering fear of Jerry's wrath?
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, his minions, so afraid of earning his wrath, have remained quiet.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Never invite the dragon's wrath.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Massie was not the only Republican to face the wrath of Trump this week.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The wrath of the government shortly followed.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026

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