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Tirade   /taɪrˈeɪd/   Listen
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Tirade  n.  A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language. "Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who profess to know anything about angels."






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"Tirade" Quotes from Famous Books



... But this tirade, no doubt, came through the agency of some living not far away, who designedly put a newsmonger on the wrong scent, for the purpose of venting their own spleen at the idea of having those around who would treat a helpless, fallen man better ...
— The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences • Hosea Quinby

... into Regent's Park to hear a tirade upon the nation's needs, Crow," Anne reminded him, smiling, "but to get your sympathy and advice upon this affair of Hector. You know you are the only person in the world I ever talk ...
— Beyond The Rocks - A Love Story • Elinor Glyn

... he began to tap the floor with his foot a fresh rush of fiery anger was mounting to his head. He opened his lips as though about to continue his tirade, but apparently changed his mind. And, instead, he drew a dollar bill from his pocket, and ...
— The Twins of Suffering Creek • Ridgwell Cullum

... Herzog uttered his tirade with all the charm of which he was capable; he looked to the right and to the left to notice the effect. He saw nothing but constrained faces. It seemed as if they were expecting some one or something. Time was passing; ten o'clock had just struck. From ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... you were not a little dust and water like the rest of us. One would think from your manners you were our master, whereas you are really our servant. It is we who give you your livelihood—and yet you behave to us in this high-handed manner." That tirade naturally made a pretty row in the school, but the obdurate young orator melted under the coaxings and cajolings of the Governor's gentle and distressed ...
— Sir Robert Hart - The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition • Juliet Bredon


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