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Synonyms for rage
Synonyms: Noun
agitation, deliriousness, delirium, distraction, fever, feverishness, flap, frenzy, furor, furore, fury, hysteria, rampage, uproar
Synonyms: Verb
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Examples of rage in a Sentence
Noun
Her note to him was full of rage. He was shaking with rage. She was seized by a murderous rage. His rages rarely last more than a few minutes.Verb
She raged about the injustice of their decision. The manager raged at the umpire. A storm was raging outside, but we were warm and comfortable indoors. The fire raged for hours.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Fake News has contributed greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years. — Emily Tillett, CBS News, "Trump calls for "strong background checks" and blames media for "anger and rage" in U.S.," 5 Aug. 2019 Bernie Sanders, the Brooklyn socialist who represents Vermont in the Senate, is in a rage because some of his staffers have taken complaints about their pay and working conditions to the press. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 25 July 2019 That move fired up Rollins, who flew into a rage and pinned Corbin after multiple stomps. — Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, "Brock Lesnar cashes in at ‘Extreme Rules’ to become Universal Champion again," 15 July 2019 The rage in the Capitol right now is the surplus that state government rolled up in the almost-ended fiscal year. — USA TODAY, "Mural for missing women, ‘Jedi’ cremations, MRI party: News from around our 50 states," 18 June 2019 Let’s hope so, because sustained rage is the only thing that will get us out of this mess. — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, "Seeing red over the mess that is the MBTA," 15 June 2019 If older people are targets for people’s anger or rage and there are few programs in place to help them, what might this mean? — Linda R. Phillips, The Conversation, "Elder abuse increasing, without increased awareness," 14 June 2019 Bruins president Cam Neely threw his water bottle across his suite in a rage. — Richard Morin, azcentral, "NHL officiating mistakes have been embarrassing, and the Boston Bruins are latest victims," 7 June 2019 That behavior, that righteous rage, is really inseparable from the authority and public power that men have traditionally had in this country. — Anna North, Vox, "Women made historic gains in 2018. But in so many ways, it was still the Year of the Man.," 27 Dec. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Winds are the biggest wild card with fires: Major red-flag events are a key factor in fires that rage out of control. — Los Angeles Times, "California fire mystery: No major summer brush fires after years of record destruction," 22 Aug. 2019 Tucker’s c’est la vie attitude on the calls reflects a stark honesty about the gun violence that continues to rage this summer in pockets of the South and West sides. — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, "Daywatch: A rare look at Chicago’s entrenched gun culture, post-Lollapalooza depression and other things to know to start your day," 6 Aug. 2019 Polyglot India is the nearest international comparator to the EU, but there too debates rage over whether to adopt a sole official language to add coherence. — The Economist, "Brexit is the ideal moment to make English the EU’s common language," 15 June 2019 Trout and Bellinger are the two best players in the game and the argument about who’s best should rage for years. — Los Angeles Times, "Column: Golden age of L.A. sports being fueled by star-studded rivalries," 20 July 2019 The streaming wars continue to rage, most recently with WarnerMedia stripping Netflix of its subscribers’ beloved Friends and launching a new service called HBO Max. — Marcus Jones, EW.com, "All the projects coming to HBO Max, WarnerMedia's upcoming streaming service," 9 July 2019 In Libya and Yemen, conflicts continue to rage in which former regime figures have been central players. — Adam Taylor And, Washington Post, "Sudan may follow a perilous Arab Spring playbook: The strongman falls, his allies remain," 6 July 2019 Abrams urged the crowd not to rush to action since a legal battle over the legislation could rage for years. — Greg Bluestein, ajc, "Abrams urges film execs to shelve boycott plans over ‘heartbeat’ law," 12 June 2019 There was no Twitter where a celebrity might rage at an ordinary person for a casual criticism. — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, "Michael Jackson's Defenders Remind Us to Also Believe Men," 13 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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