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October 15, 2007

Harangue

a harangue (noun, verb) - uncontrolled criticism with great emotion and anger, often without stopping, ranting and raving

carry on a harangue
harangue in a meeting
harangue the audience
harangue the crowd
to harangue in politics
please don't harangue me
a drunk harangues
harangue a passersby

launch into a harangue
start to harangue
broken by a harangue
borken by a harangue on his pet hates
leap on a chair and harangue
harangue the members of your parrish
subject to a harangue

get into a harangue
get into a harangue with
get into a major harangue
get into a harangue at a meeting
get into a harangue at a conference
take the opportunity to harangue
had no desire to get into a harangue with
harangue each other


Example sentences:

* "Osman turned round and began to harangue the crowd."

* On the side of the busy sidewalk a drunk was haranguing passersby..

* During the annual shareholders' meeting, shareholders took turns haranguing the board members for the company's dismal performance during the past year.

* He took the opportunity to harangue the audience and push them to boycott all products from the country.

* "Suddenly she felt tired, and she had no desire to get into a harangue with him."

* The village priest harangued the members of his parrish with a fiery speech from his pulpit.

* "Bush himself was quoted as saying that he did not want to get into a major harangue."

* She was anxious not to get into a major harangue at the conference.

* "Almost imperceptibly the exposition became a harangue."

* To harangue, to interrupt, to hold the floor, to declaim, these skills can come in handy in politics.

* Please don't harangue me.

* The producers of the TV show seated the politicians in a circle with known enemies facing each other, so they could harangue each other and entertain the viewing audience.

* "Waved back by a Kalashnikov-wielding, spotty boy-soldier, I was subject to a ten-minute harangue by two bad-tempered border guards."

* "The crotchety old man reportedly would sit for hours in a depressive silence, to be broken by a harangue on his pet hates, which included sherry drinkers and those by the name of Hambly."

* "Wreathed in trails of cigarette smoke, I had a burning desire to leap upon a chair and harangue the multitude."

* "A large crowd passing by him on the sidewalk as he carried on his harangue without notice, yelling at complete strangers that his wife had divorced him, not the other way round."

* "He can make suggestions and harangue in the council meeting, but he cannot order people into action."

* Suddenly my visitor launched into this harangue, naming everyone he had issues with.

* The first thing he did was launch into was a harangue about how his mother wouldn't let him stay where he was staying.

* The crowd was still there, but someone in uniform pushed his way through the crowd and started to harangue the singer.


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