Example sentences for: incensed

How can you use “incensed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One story has it that traders Jardine, Matheson & Co fired a private salute for a visiting tycoon, an act that incensed the colonial authorities, who felt that they had the sole right to issue such a 21-gun welcome.

  • The NYT says Blumenthal was incensed and also that he accuses Starr of leaking his subpoena to the media.

  • Officials were incensed by: 1) the greed of the smugglers, who charge up to $60,000 per person; 2) the complicity of the shipping lines; and 3) the negligence of Hong Kong authorities.

  • The melee left at least seven students dead and incensed fears that cult-related violence is rising on Nigeria's university campuses.

  • My switch from henchman to gadfly incensed many CEOs, some of whom called me a Judas and asked where they should deliver the 30 pieces of silver.


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