incensed
inflamed with anger; enraged: "I will not tolerate discrimination of any kind within my administration!" said the incensed mayor, filled with righteous indignation.
the simple past tense and past participle of incense2.
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How to use incensed in a sentence
They were so incensed that they resigned and founded another journal, October, which remains an influential voice among old-guard supporters of the avant-garde.
Artist Lynda Benglis became controversial in an instant, but her career has thrived for decades | Philip Kennicott | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostYou can first identify leakage points by turning on your kitchen and bathroom exhaust fans, creating a slight pressure differential between indoors and outdoors, then holding up a lit incense stick to potential problem areas.
How to stop your house’s expensive drafts — and save the planet | Sarah Kaplan | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostThey voted with their feet, like the Fox News viewers incensed by the network's accurate 2020 election coverage who switched to Newsmax.
The Trailer: What's next for the Republican Party | David Weigel | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostThere’s a humorous element to seeing fans angrily tweet at royal family accounts, incensed by what they have just witnessed O’Connor or Olivia Colman’s Elizabeth enact on-screen.
As ‘The Crown’ tackles recent history with Princess Diana, the show hits a nerve | Sonia Rao | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostDespite the 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v Heller which established a right to bear arms for self-defence, conservatives have become increasingly incensed at state and local laws governing gun ownership.
How Presidents Have Shaped The US Supreme Court – And Why The Choice Of Its Next Justice Is So Crucial | LGBTQ-Editor | September 23, 2020 | No Straight News
In a Hot Springs, Arkansas, stud-poker game, a player named Burke became justly incensed one evening because he could not win.
Her incensed mother contacted a lawyer, hoping to block publication; Polanski had not made her sign a release.
The Roman Polanski ‘Girl’ Speaks Out: Speedreading Samantha Geimer’s Memoir | Thomas Flynn | September 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe family, villagers, and the Taliban were even incensed by a shampoo commercial, featuring Humira, which played on television.
It incensed the students, to the extent that they actually shouted me down.
The Pointlessness of Some Disaster Charity After the Indian Floods | Dilip D’Souza | June 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSnipes became further incensed when he learned that Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel had been hired to co-star in the film.
Out of Jail, Does Wesley Snipes Have a Second Act? | Allison Samuels | June 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut there's no denying that I behaved disgracefully to—you know—and Dr. Ashton has good reason to be incensed.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodIt may be, of course, that the responsibility was thrown on the lady in order to restrain the hand of the incensed king.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonBut mother and Maxim bravely defended Stenka, and I was deeply incensed at father, who despotically terminated the discussion.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanM. d'Infreville, justly incensed against me, had not left me a sou, and my mother and I became terribly poor.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueThis action incensed the emperor, who immediately dispatched an army of eighty thousand men against the city.
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