How to Use wrathful in a Sentence

wrathful

adjective
  • Ants’ ears hurt with each bullet fired from wrathful machine guns.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Athletes are no strangers to wrathful comments, of course.
    — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • None of these wrathful women will ever be Stassi.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Adulterous wives pay men to stand in as their lovers to apologize to their wrathful husbands.
    — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2020
  • More, the whirlwind that takes them under is no mere accident but the act of a wrathful God.
    — Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • In Salinger’s, the wrathful recluse determined to give his readers nothing more.
    — Benjamin Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Those holy words come from a wrathful place, admonishing the sinners to revel in their own rebuke.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Even so, his wrathful attempt to overturn the result of a free, fair election qualifies as shocking.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Between Helm’s clouds is a ruinous, wrathful force where everything is cunted.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Circe’s reckless and bloodstained niece, Medea, arrives once, her wrathful father not far behind.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Dmitri Shostakovich lived and composed under the threat of official reprimand or worse from a volatile and wrathful leader.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • His story seemed to confirm the existence of a wrathful nemesis stalking the family.
    — James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Satellite images showed a wrathful planet, raging with defiance.
    — Chantel Acevedo, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2017
  • While my beat is usually non-wrathful grapes, my curiosity dragged me into this literary mystery.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 June 2021
  • The sometimes savage themes of her paintings have been interpreted as expressions of wrathful catharsis.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Upon gaining the upper hand, Helen threatens him in the manner of a wrathful domestic goddess.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Still reeling from the death of her mother, Kela finds a magical comb near the ocean that summons a wrathful mermaid that will grant her a wish — but at a dangerous price.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2022
  • His eyes smolder like burning coals in anticipation of the violence that his wrathful mission will inevitably entail.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The deathbed and post-death rituals include performing devotional prayers to peaceful and wrathful deities oneself.
    — Jue Liang, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
  • These concessions might make Hamas even stronger, however, and a wrathful Israel is less likely than ever to be willing to take such chances.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Indeed, on that journey Alex embraces the wrathful character Medea, whose acts of brutality knew no bounds.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The card read 'A crest to commemorate your big win against the deadliest of foes, the wrathful Widow-Maker.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 Mar. 2018
  • For example, this cleanser imbues pimples with a conscious mind and wrathful spirit, compelling them to destroy their creator in a grisly bloodbath of unfathomable agony.
    — Ysabel Yates, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Through intricate masks, lavish costumes and precise choreography, monks channel wrathful deities to purify and protect.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • Mack had a rough childhood marred by domestic violence, forging his understanding of God as wrathful, punishing and judgmental.
    — Katie Walsh, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2017
  • In addition to unveiling the poster art, the panel revealed that one of the characters will have an (as yet unspecified) connection to one of the franchise's most famous wrathful villains.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
  • So for the benefit of everyone who has to work with MRI, here is a devotional litany which might just keep your scanner from getting wrathful at the crucial moment.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2010
  • The sculpture depicts Krishna, the protector, raising a mountain with his left arm to shield cowherds from the wrathful storm unleashed by Indra—a pivotal motif in Khmer art.
    — Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026
  • For example, the Dalai Lama has navigated the modern world while consulting on all matters of import with oracles possessed by wrathful deities.
    — Donald S. Lopez, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Like Hotei, Daikokuten underwent significant transformations in Japan, from a wrathful protector to a jolly god of wealth.
    — Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 4 Jan. 2023

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