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Apoplectic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Apoplectical
  • (n.) One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The drugs used in early studies - diuretics, vasodilators and reserpine - greatly improved mortality from malignant hypertension, apoplectic stroke and congestive heart failure, but had little or no effect in persons with milder degrees of elevated blood pressure, who constitute the vast majority of hypertensives.
  • (2) He seemed to have his finger on an invisible button, hardwired into the brains of the Fleet Street editors, driving them into an apoplectic frenzy of rage each time he chose to push it.
  • (3) Intracerebral hemorrhage appeared in apoplectic fashion on two occasions and surgery was done after each attack.
  • (4) Before apoplectic fans of the Portland Timbers, whose home city bears the nickname Rose City, start writing in to complain, we’re referencing the decisive interventions made by Seattle’s Andy Rose in his last couple of games.
  • (5) The authors review 38 cases of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage operated on within 7 hours after the apoplectic attack.
  • (6) A decreased plasma level of the enzyme was found following a stroke in patients with cerebral bleeding, subarachnoid bleeding, and the apoplectic type of cerebral infarction.
  • (7) All 50 patients had EEG's and CT scans within the first two weeks of the apoplectic event.
  • (8) The apoplectic event developed spontaneously in one, and in the other it developed within two weeks of completing a course of radiotherapy to the pituitary gland.
  • (9) A 43-year-old patient was admitted to hospital with an apoplectic stroke caused by an angiographically confirmed partial stenosis of the arteria cerebri media branch.
  • (10) The highest hemorrhage rate (70.0%) was found in patients with prior neurological history who experienced apoplectic deterioration (acute-on-chronic presentation).
  • (11) Consistent therapy of hypertension decreases significantly the incidence of cerebral apoplectic attacks.
  • (12) In the second instance, a group was established with the apoplectic persons and their spouses on seven occasions.
  • (13) The second form differs clinically from the first by apoplectic-like development with a coma and rapid short course.
  • (14) But when the package and its accompanying photos arrived, I was apoplectic.
  • (15) Nicotine consumption alone increases the risk of cerebral apoplectic attacks in relation to age, by the 3-fold up to the 5-fold.
  • (16) Patients in whom apoplectic attacks had occurred, or who had local neurologic symptoms or a history of evident cerebrovascular disorders, were not included in the study.
  • (17) Five histologically distinctive uterine smooth muscle neoplasms with multifocal hemorrhages termed apoplectic leiomyomas were studied.
  • (18) The object of this investigation was to establish self-help groups for apoplectics and their spouses and to gain basic experience for establishing future self-help groups.
  • (19) Basing on the experiences, the author thinks of the next .--'Cerebro-vascular dementia may be able to be prevented, if a very small dose of triiodothyronine (T3) is given to the early stage after an apoplectic attack with a consideration to side-effects of T3.
  • (20) Next time you watch Alex Ferguson apoplectic about some perceived refereeing error or John Terry snarling, it might be hard not to bear in mind the good grace of the likes of Louis Smith, the charismatic British gymnast .

Wrath


Definition:

  • (a.) Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
  • (a.) The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime.
  • (a.) See Wroth.
  • (v. t.) To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Our members have had to bear the brunt of the passengers’ wrath, because the senior executives and staff went running for cover,” he said.
  • (2) "I take complete responsibility and offer nothing but love and contrition and I hope that now Jonathan and the BBC will endure less forensic wrath.
  • (3) Revolutionary forces also distributed leaflets at checkpoints leading into the city that read, "Dear Muslims, avoid God's wrath.
  • (4) We believe that there is a connection between those who traffic the children to Italy and those who employ them at the markets, so we are planning an investigation to establish these links.” The fear of their families facing the wrath of the traffickers is driving some to find quicker ways of repaying their debt.
  • (5) That means transcending their own need for status and recognition, facing the wrath of those seeking to maintain the status quo and doing what they know in their hearts to be right.
  • (6) Addressing the crowd, communist party leader Aleka Papariga warned that whatever government emerged in the coming days would face the wrath of the people if it dared to pass more belt-tightening measures.
  • (7) This would blow their chance to dismantle the signature policy achievement of the Obama presidency, leaving them facing the wrath of constituents and potential trouble at the ballot box.
  • (8) Sandwood Bay in Scotland Photograph: Alamy Am Buachaille, a rocky sea stack, stood guard-like to one side, the giant grey slabs which cut into the sea were bathed in frothing waves, and the dim glow of the Cape Wrath lighthouse sent out a muted white beam beyond the cliffs to my right.
  • (9) Adding to controversy, an MP caused an uproar after by telling parliament alcohol and revealing uniforms should be banned from all Malaysian flights to avoid "Allah's wrath".
  • (10) It’s a part of the American epic immortalised in John Steinbeck’s bitter novel, The Grapes of Wrath .
  • (11) Nick Clegg's MPs are already nervous about the wrath of voters and party members who will protest that they didn't support the Lib Dems for this.
  • (12) A leading Greek bishop has warned lawmakers that they risk incurring the wrath of God – and will be excommunicated – if they vote in favour of legalising same-sex partnerships.
  • (13) On the way back, in his speech to the Commons, he had to appease the wrath of Nick Clegg and show his government's credentials to Europe.
  • (14) 10.50am GMT Pro-Moris rally Morsi has incurred the wrath of many lawyers - some of whom are striking - by issuing the decree granting him widespread powers and simultaneously curbing those of the judiciary.
  • (15) cricketed Gatsby is one of the great books of the 20th century but you can't give just one novel the distinction of " Great American novel " because at different points in time that could be applied to many different books, including To Kill A Mockingbird , Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , The Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath ; Gatsby isn't even Fitzgerald's best work: go read This Side of Paradise and Tender is the Night.
  • (16) This could go back to being desert, the way it was before irrigation.” Many farmers are descendants of migrants who fled here to escape the 1930s dust bowl, a trauma immortalised in John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath.
  • (17) He directed the paper through choppy waters in its relationship with the Bush administration, earning the then president's wrath with a steady stream of scoops on the US government's use of phone tapping and torture.
  • (18) In normal circumstances, this would incur the wrath of those papers.
  • (19) David Cameron will risk the wrath of the drinks industry and free marketeers today by announcing his government is to introduce legislation setting a minimum alcohol price of 40p a unit in England – enough to add £135 to the annual bill of a heavy drinker.
  • (20) "No one should die in sin … This must be taken into consideration: we cannot stop Allah's wrath."

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