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• He braved the storm and spent the night outside. In the morning, he braved his parents' wrath.From the entry brave
• This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.From the entry sky
• Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.From the entry invoke
• My wrath will rain down upon you.From the entry rain down
• I shall call down God's wrath upon you!From the entry call down
• “I place a geis upon you, my son,” I rasped, my eyes burning with impending wrath.2016, Yasmine Galenorn, Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales, Fiddlehead Press, →ISBN. From the entry geis
• Some wives can't breathe loudly without facing the wrath of their dictator-husband.2015, Daniel G. McCrillis, Th. D., Biblical Psychology: A Biblical Hand-book to the Human Mind. From the entry lordful
• O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, 6:(please specify the verse(s)). From the entry rebuke
• He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels.2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, 78:49. From the entry destroying angel
• Bradley had to learn that headmasterly wrath did not work on undergraduates like Charles Cree.2008, Robin Darwall-Smith, A History of University College, Oxford. From the entry headmasterly
• Pouring out wrath and finger of God aren't the same thing.2006 April 27, Steve Goldfarb, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet). From the entry in midstream
• Marius’s wrath abated, righteous though he held it to have been.1976 [1862], Victor Hugo, “Part Three: Marius; chapter VI”, in Norman Denny, transl., Les Misérables, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books…. From the entry time heals all things
• “I have withstood so long the wrath and wolfishness of this ogre.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 32. From the entry wolfishness
• The betoppered “bottle-necker” shelters from the wrath of the Mexican Chief.1930 August 1, “Private Flying and Club News”, in Flight, number 1127 (volume XXII, issue 31), number 31, page 864. From the entry betoppered
• The news of an inter-caste marriage would upset Komal's maternal uncles, her mother reasoned, and she feared their wrath.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 275. From the entry intercaste
• His advice to Zuckerberg, the Times later reported, was “Don’t poke the bear”—avoid incurring the wrath of Trump and his supporters.2020 October 12, Andrew Marantz, “Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020. From the entry poke the bear
• We have some vindictive people as bosses, and you don’t want to be the target of their wrath.2018 February 18, Dawn Pine, “Strategies for Dealing with a Bad Boss”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from…. From the entry boss
• I kinda like — I really kinda like — wrath.2012, PZ Myers, Reason Rally speech, 24 Mar 2012. From the entry wrathy
• His "blood runs cold" imagining the wrath of Weinstein.2004 January 12, Jeffrey Ressner, “Sundances with Wolves”, in Time, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013. From the entry one's blood runs cold
• In wrath when we writhe, or in wrothness are wapped.1999, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays, page 176. From the entry wrothness
• Hellish as it is for an employee to feel Galotti's wrath, being in his good book is no picnic, either.1997, Spy, page 54. From the entry good book
• “Then I forget it.” Yet his wrath boiled over.1952, Carter Dickson [pseudonym; John Dickson Carr], chapter 4, in Behind the Crimson Blind: Another Adventure of Sir Henry Merrivale (Sir…. From the entry Robert is your uncle
• But the wrath that I awaited did not descend.1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin, published 2005, page 456. From the entry vis-à-vis
• "You look like the wrath of God, honey," she said, hooking her hand through Anne's arm and drawing her with her.1926, Geraldine Bonner, The Leading Lady. From the entry like the wrath of God
• So emulating in her wrath the famous Moll Pitcher, she marched to the front and remained with her husband.1922, J[ohn] Warren Gilbert, compiler, The Blue and Gray: A History of the Conflicts During Lee’s Invasion and Battle of Gettysburg, page…. From the entry baking-tray
• Challenger snorted ferociously as he looked at it, and his thick black hair seemed to bristle up in his wrath.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry ferociously
• It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing.1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, London: Methuen Publishing, OCLC 492063506; republished Toronto…. From the entry scotch
• There are they who revisit, in their wrath or their remorse, the places wherein erst they suffered or wrought evil.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry escutcheoned
• Saying "Thermopylae" he thought "Leonidas." "Ay, of course; who knows not that?" The man was puzzled at Aristodemos's sudden wrath.1911, Caroline Dale Parke Snedeker, The Coward of Thermopylæ. From the entry fore-strength
• They turned their shoulders to her most savage slashes, and with wagging tails and mincing steps strove to placate her wrath.1906 May–October, Jack London, White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC. From the entry placate
• His name, infamous now, would have an additional horror, and ever be remembered by posterity in unspeakable loathing, in unsoftening wrath.1906, Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border. From the entry unsoftening
• So much better that it's something my kids have learned they must never touch, for fear of incurring the wrath of their cookieholic father.2001, Gary E. Anderson, Spider's Night on the Boom: And Other Fiascos, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry cookieholic
• Suddenly his face contracted with wrath.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 8”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry winder
• "Sergeant," said Inspector Gilder, eyeing the black hands with wrath, "aren't you putting the bracelets on this fellow; he looks pretty dangerous."1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Three Tools of Death. From the entry bracelets
• With wrath in his heart, therefore, he foreguided his beloved work as best he might, and addressed himself to the downward journey.1911, The Atlantic Monthly. From the entry foreguide
• Peter most assuredly would have risen in his wrath, would have said to his distinguished-looking temptress, "Get thee behind me, Miss Ramsbotham."1904, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter 4, in Tommy and Co.. From the entry get thee behind me
• In normal preparation for communion, Christians committed themselves to reconciliation with, and forgiveness of, anyone to whom they lived in a state of wrath or inimicability.2011, Michael Ostling, “Stealing the Sacred”, in Between the Devil and the Host: Imagining Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland (The Past &…. From the entry inimicability
• I’VE had a mixed motoring week which will at once endear me to the growing legions of Greenies — and bring their wrath down on my be-helmeted head.1997 August 13, “From silent might to ghastly guzzling”, in Evening Standard, London, page 51. From the entry be-helmeted

Meaning of wrath

1. noun Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
2. noun Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
3. noun Great ardour or passion.

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Questions about wrath in a sentence

How do you use wrath in a sentence?

Wrath is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “Homer relates an episode in the Trojan War that reveals the tragic consequences of the wrath of Achilles.”

What is a short sentence with wrath?

“the wrath of God”

What does wrath mean?

Wrath means great anger; (countable) an instance of this.