How to Use infuriate in a Sentence

infuriate

verb
Definition of infuriatenext
Synonyms for infuriatenext
  • I was infuriated by his arrogance.
  • Busch was sent to the back early in the race for speeding on pit road, and the penalty infuriated him.
    — Greg Beacham, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2023
  • It’s marked by a 2019 plaque that infuriates the Johnsons.
    — Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Then Dickinson swished a beauty from the top of the key to infuriate the insult-spewing fans one more time.
    — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2022
  • But asking Tony to drop her off on the corner would only infuriate him.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • This infuriates Dragoş, who lashes out against those who love him.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The price is infuriating customers who paid full price last month.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • This infuriates Bri, so Roger amends his plan to pray for Wendingo instead of giving him a pick ax and some food for his journey.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 17 June 2023
  • Again, the companies managed to infuriate both left and right.
    — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2022
  • That was a time in my life that was dark and frightening and infuriating and all kinds of horrible things.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That triggered the vote to silence Jones, infuriating Democrats and gun control advocates in the gallery, who yelled in protest.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Ye does something to infuriate a large group of people which puts his career in peril.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Or, on a really bad day, maybe your loved one is simply existing in your space in a way that manages to infuriate you.
    — Samantha Vincenty, SELF, 30 Nov. 2022
  • That infuriated Trump and his supporters, who searched for the vice president through the Capitol on Jan. 6.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • To have a life cut short is heartbreaking and infuriating.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • What instead made the testimony infuriating was not the words per se but the hypocrisy of their assertion.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Our Fave Feature: We’re infuriated when someone edges too close to us in the parking lot, blocking access to our doors.
    — Brett Berk, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The pair meet again when the young woman, infuriated by the municipal’s neglect, runs against Pierre in the next mayoral election.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Busch was sent to the back early in the race for speeding on pit road, and the penalty infuriated a driver whose favorite fuel often appears to be anger.
    — Greg Beacham, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Democrats, infuriated, walked out as gun-control advocates seated in the gallery yelled in protest.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But in the past, Francis had infuriated them by not responding.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • As someone who suffers from anxiety, few phrases infuriate me more than 'try not to think about it'.
    — Kushie Amin, refinery29.com, 17 May 2022
  • But Democrats, who have been infuriated by the lax rules for the Supreme Court, have vowed to try to tighten ethics rules for the justices, vowing to push legislation if the justices do not adopt an ethics code on their own.
    — Tyler Pager, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2023
  • The delay in the vote is also likely to infuriate moderate House members, some of whom have said that a failure to pass the bill this week would rate as a betrayal by their colleagues.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
  • But a shrunken bill would infuriate progressives and could dampen Democratic turnout in the midterms.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The case is destined to wind up before the new commission, which infuriates Mr. McClenaghan.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • These reflections—framed around a third death, which Francine does nothing to avert—will either thrill or infuriate, depending on the reader.
    — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • McPherson, Mars’ attorney, was infuriated by the release of the documents citing Mars as the egregious weak link on stage.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, none of that matters—this brain teaser is meant to intentionally infuriate you with minute details.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Nguyen said the police treatment of Amato infuriated him and prompted him to post his camera footage on Facebook.
    — Catalina Gaitán, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2023

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