Example Sentences

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he apologized to President Trump over an antitariff television ad that had angered Trump and sent the two countries’ trade talks into a tailspin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Modi spoke to Justice Gavai and said the attack had angered every Indian, PTI reports.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

An incumbent state Supreme Court justice, Louis Butler, had angered the state’s largest business group with his ruling in a lead paint case.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023

He had angered lawmakers of both parties during his time as speaker.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2023

It was as if the elderly man’s leaving had angered him and that he held not the second soldier but the new conscripts responsible.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie