WRATH in a Sentence
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114 example sentences for WRATH, such as:
1. A soft answer turneth away wrath.
2. We understand wrath, but not malice.
3. Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
4. Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath.
5. They saw the floods as a sign of divine wrath.
2. We understand wrath, but not malice.
3. Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
4. Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath.
5. They saw the floods as a sign of divine wrath.
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Meanings and Examples of WRATH
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wrath
n. forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
Classic Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
1 By bringing jealousy into play, he had caused the truth to burst forth in wrath, he had educed the justice of revenge.
2 Right has its wrath, Bishop; and the wrath of right is an element of progress.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
3 He examined without wrath, and with the eye of a linguist who is deciphering a palimpsest, that portion of chaos which still exists in nature.
4 He had for moving causes his habitual wrath, bitterness of soul, a profound sense of indignities suffered, the reaction even against the good, the innocent, and the just, if there are any such.
5 He examined this joy with a sort of wrath, and found it absurd.
6 Now it was the Thenardier who appeared to her, with her hideous, hyena mouth, and wrath flashing in her eyes.
7 On this occasion, wounded pride exasperated her wrath still further.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
8 We understand wrath, but not malice.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
9 Gillenormand, sorrow was converted into wrath; he was furious at being in despair.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN
10 They used I know not what desires to give point to the same wrath in inverse sense.
11 Having an immense reserve fund of wrath to get rid of, and not knowing what to do with it, he continued to address his daughter as you instead of thou for the next three months.
12 He remained the same, setting aside his fits of wrath.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY
13 Marius' wrath against "Ursule," just and legitimate as it was, passed off.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY
14 This added a touch of genuine wrath to Marius' ecstasy.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR
15 Surprise, rage, hate, wrath, were mingled and combined in one monstrous intonation.
Example Sentence:
1 A soft answer turneth away wrath.
2 Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath.
3 Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
4 They saw the floods as a sign of divine wrath.
5 The angry teacher will vent his wrath on his class.
6 He turned his ear to the moan of the gale which seemed to breathe out in wrath from the heart of the earth.
7 On this wise he abode years and years, till it fortuned one day that he received cloth to dye from a man of wrath and sold it and spent the proceeds.