How to Use outrage in a Sentence

outrage

1 of 2 noun
Definition of outragenext
Synonyms for outragenext
  • The rule is an outrage against women.
  • Public outrage over the scandal was great.
  • Many people expressed outrage at the court's decision.
  • This is an outrage! I won't allow this kind of behavior to continue.
  • Moss thought of the outrage Hancock had shared with him.
    — Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Where was the outrage when each rate hike was approved?
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The footage has sparked outrage among some in the community.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 22 June 2023
  • But then, in the season finale, Izzy’s felled by a bullet, to the sorrow of his crew and the outrage of some fans.
    — Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The post sparked outrage, and the Spences quickly issued apologies.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The large grocery chain Publix dropped the product from their shelves in 2022 amid outrage.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • So, this is the same kind of outrage in Russia about my case and about many other cases.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The initial footage that showed the Jan. 27 incident sparked outrage.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Much of the world erupted in outrage against Israel when Hamas blamed it and said that more than 500 civilians had been killed.
    — Douglas J. Feith, National Review, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But, otherwise, the Con betrayed little in the way of moral outrage.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The case sparked public outrage when NBC News reported about it last month.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Stars from Hillary Clinton to John Cena reacted to the snub, and the howls of outrage from social media were heard 'round the world.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The reactions, mostly from boyfriends and husbands, have ranged from shock to outrage.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The teen's killing has sparked protests and community outrage.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
  • The decision was met by outrage from family members of the two teens who were killed.
    — Hope McKenney, Maggie Nelson, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But the video still caused outrage in Italy, where ancient buildings have been the target of vandalism for years.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 16 July 2023
  • Cox’s pleas for help were mocked and dismissed; that was captured on video, and public outrage ensued.
    — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Even their neighbors have expressed outrage over this crime.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The outrage this caused, however, has brought the integral work these folks do into the spotlight, for once!
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 June 2023
  • The post sparked outrage online from people who said that the focus on Gazans instead of Hamas justified the deaths of Gazan civilians.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • But video still caused outrage in Italy, where ancient buildings have been the target of vandalism for years.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 July 2023
  • To an extent, that claim of outrage may have been made simply to get an anti-mifepristone case before the Court.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
  • News of the arrests spread like wildfire across Iran fueling outrage.
    — Leily Nikounazar, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Its video was more sensual than anything Cyrus had released, but the bar for outrage had already been set too high.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2023
  • The singer insisted his song had nothing to do with race and expressed outrage over the ties critics have drawn between it and our sordid, racist past.
    — TIME, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But overall, the public discussion of this has been largely muted compared with the outrage when Govs.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
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outrage

2 of 2 verb
  • His comments outraged nearly everyone in the room.
  • Some think the problem is overblown, and a few are outraged.
    — Chethan Sathya, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Those are the kinds of facts that will outrage the public.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The king is outraged by the plot, Haman’s designs are foiled, and the Jews of Persia are saved.
    — David Wolpe, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • If these protests outrage or upset you, well, that’s the point.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • This is a fun way to outrage your pointing-dog friends.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Then there are Muslim Thai Malays in the south who are outraged by the killing of civilians in Gaza.
    — Christopher Cottrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The video of what Barkley does next has gone viral and outraged the bigots.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • In the comments section of the video, many users were outraged by the hotel’s actions.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This outraged me enough to call and inquire about the rest of the listings, the ones that didn’t mention vouchers at all.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • They were moved by Jan’s story and outraged by the injustice of her death.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • The goal was taken off the board, outraged Avalanche fans unleashed a tirade on the officials, and the Kraken had their lead back.
    — Geoff Baker, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023
  • Fans were outraged by the remarks, as were some of Amell's fellow actors.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Some parents, shocked and outraged, kept their kids home from school in response.
    — Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Few of us are at our best when outraged, but Erykah Badu is not like everybody else.
    — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2020
  • My body was sharp, the dark air clean / and outrage my joyful companion.
    — Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Unsurprisingly, the edict has outraged many folks in the 5.71-square-mile burgh.
    — Samuel Braslow, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The issues outraged the mayor and council members at the time, who called for the city to not pay the county for overseeing the runoff that June.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • Baker, who has since deceased, was outraged at what the company was about to do.
    — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The findings outraged lawyers for the victims’ families.
    — Michael Rubinkam, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • Hockey fans are outraged by the NHL's deal with Fanatics.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
  • One of the wars addressed is the American Civil War, which predictably outraged Manet, who had adamant views on the evils of slavery.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Locals were outraged by the video, as was the driver’s employer, Northern Waste.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In the responses to her post, other X users were outraged by the way the Canadian airline treated the woman.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In Nasiriya the killing of protesters outraged tribal leaders, who had thus far stayed on the sidelines—and who could tip the balance against the government.
    — The Economist, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The first wrongful conviction that outraged Dennis Muñoz was his own.
    — Nelson Rauda Zablah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Expecting to see a platoon of 40 to 50 soldiers come forward, the Germans were outraged.
    — Katie Sanders, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • That outraged many people, because there should be no context in which a call for genocide is allowed.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Hickman’s daughters, siblings and an uncle said they were outraged by the plea bargain.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • However, people should be outraged by the move, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
    — Janie Har, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2019

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