All 3 Uses
tirade
in
The Soloist
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- He endlessly chastises fellow clients, lets loose bigoted tirades and maligns Robinson for offering safe harbor to those who cuss, smoke or otherwise violate his sense of civility.†
Chpt 2.15tirades = speeches of angry criticism
- Before falling asleep, I'm hit with another wave of sadness over the courtyard scene, but I feel absolved, too, as if his tirade was an act of mercy.†
Chpt 3.28tirade = speech of angry criticism
- She remembers too well her brother's tirades, which terrified her and were like a dagger through her mother's heart.
Chpt 3.29 *tirades = speeches of angry criticism
Definitions:
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(1)
(tirade) a speech of angry criticism
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)