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anger- She has a way of arousing his ire.
ire = anger
- Beware from ire that in thy bosom sleeps,Geoffrey Chaucer -- The Canterbury Tales
- Any scheme that draws their ire draws my suspicions.Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
- It's up to the daddy in question to assuage her ire.Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
- For once he fain had quenched the Maenad's fire; And of the tuneful Nine provoked the ire.Sophocles -- Antigone
- He felt that he needed to pour out his ire and he took the road to her house.Henry James -- The American
- However, the moment Horst mentioned the wordbarges, the villagers' cries of ire and discontent blotted out his voice.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- There was still enough petty ire in my system to make me glad, not for his pain, but for the idea of having Renesmee away from him.Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- He endeavored, in a general way, to express a particular disapproval, and only succeeded in arousing the ire and opposition of his father-in-law.Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
- He stared at it, disbelief wrangling with ire.Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
- " ejaculated Father Ambrose, "how prompt to ire are these unhallowed laymen!Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
- But if they gave him 130 or fewer pounds, they risked the ire of rival horsemen and the excoriation of journalists.Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
- It roused his ire also-the deepest element of revolt in him.Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
- It is a fire which proceeds directly from the ire of God, working not of its own activity but as an instrument of Divine vengeance.James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- JAMES takes his hat from the rack, and going down the porch steps joins KATE and KELLER talking in the yard, KELLER in a sputter of ire.William Gibson -- The Miracle Worker
- I wanted to tackle my brother to the ground, but it would only earn Sofia his ire.Bella Forrest -- A Shade of Vampire
- Still, Adams was determined not to let personal ire stand in the way of his duty regarding the work at hand.David McCullough -- John Adams
- However, Ire been away a lot and haven't paid much attention to her, so I guess I should make peace.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- "When I think of the days I worked and the miles I traveled to achieve these things for the Woman's building, my ire rises a little yet."Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
- It's an ordinary two-story house that in Idris's neighborhood in San Jose would draw the ire of the HOA folks.Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
ire = strong anger
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