By this time Woodruff had accurately measured Pike as a man of great personal pride, a man who would fly into a towering rage if his integrity were questioned, and who would be anxious to avenge himself.

Either a nervous dog because you are livid with rage -- a sure sign that you are taking things too seriously and had better stop!!

God knew his tears were his to shed if he so desired, for it had not been with an egotist's rage for fame that he had held precious his naval career.

So much had he become the rage that every rich woman who had mislaid a bracelet or lost a pet kitten rushed to secure the services of the great Hercule Poirot.

Hitler, who had long believed Himmler was second only to Joseph Goebbels in loyalty — calling Himmler " der treue Heinrich " ( the loyal Heinrich )— flew into a rage about this apparent betrayal.

In 1862 Gray stated that he " began to collect postage stamps shortly after the system was established and before it had become a rage ".

" Psychiatrist John Smith concluded that was a decent person who had allowed rage to build up inside him to the point that he had lashed out in one terrible, violent act.

Berengar's courage failed him ; he confessed that he had erred, and was sent home with a protecting letter from the pope, but with rage in his heart.

With his proneness to fits of rage and love of hunting Edward is regarded by most historians as an unlikely saint, and his canonisation as political, although some argue that his cult started so early that it must have had something credible to build on.

Unfortunately, Zinov had an argument with his mother, who burned the priceless manuscript in a rage.

Meursault ultimately grasps the universe's indifference towards humankind ( coming to terms with his execution ): " As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope ; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the benign indifference of the world.

According to Herodotus, upon encountering the deserted city, in an fit of rage uncharacteristic even for Persian kings, Xerxes had Athens burned.

Long after he had passed into veneration as a saint it was remembered that his outbursts of rage had alarmed all who knew him, and especially the members of his own household.

His situation had become desperate, and he shifted " from sorrow and repentance to rage and rebellion.

Tolkien writes that Smaug's rage was the kind which " is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy lose something they have long had but never before used or wanted.

" And when Herod knew that he had been mocked by the Magi, in a rage he sent murderers, saying to them: Slay the children from two years old and under.

The goddess Athena had planned to make him immortal but refused after Tydeus in a rage devoured the brains of the defeated Melanippus.

Until Franckel and Moro-Giafferi took over the defense, everybody had accepted that Grynszpan went to the Embassy in a rage and shot the first German he saw, as a political act to avenge the persecution of his family and German Jews in general.

Fuamnach in a jealous rage had turned the girl into a butterfly.

A contemporary observer, Peter of Blois ( c. 1135 – 1203 ) described Old Sarum as " barren, dry, and solitary, exposed to the rage of the wind ; and the church ( stands ) as a captive on the hill where it was built, like the ark of God shut up in the profane house of Baal.

Steven goes to David's house, and after finding out that David has built an obscene shrine for Nicole, trashes his house in a rage.

In a fit of rage at his boss ' refusal to let George keep the models that he had built, he destroys all of the models with a bat, keeping only one for himself.

His eyes were old and they never saw well, but heated with whisky they'd glare at my noise, growing red and raising up his rage.

He loads them all up in his no-ship, finally leading his troops out on a last suicidal defense of Rakis, designed to attract the rage of the Honored Matres.

As John grew up, he became known for sometimes being " genial, witty, generous and hospitable "; at other moments, he could be jealous, over-sensitive and prone to fits of rage, " biting and gnawing his fingers " in anger.

As the exasperated Praline attempts to wake up the parrot, the shopkeeper tries to make the bird move by hitting the cage, and Praline erupts into a rage after banging " Polly Parrot " on the counter.

" Sock hops ", gym dances, and home basement dance parties became the rage, and American teens watched Dick Clark's American Bandstand to keep up on the latest dance and fashion styles.

In a rage, he picks up the knife that killed Basil Hallward and plunges it into the painting.

In chapter 17 of Skáldskaparmál, the jötunn Hrungnir is in a rage and, while attempting to catch up and attack Odin on his steed Sleipnir, ends up at the doors to Valhalla.

In an explosion of rage and grief, Willow soaks up all the dark magic text she can, turning her hair and eyes black.

Halfway up, they encounter the short-tempered and pompous Professor von Schwartzenhoffen, who in a fit of German rage screams at Stan and Ollie.

At one point in his rage at Teucer's success, Hector picked up a huge rock and flung it at him.

In killing Esther he had given vent to the rage at the world that had been building up in him throughout his young life.

Gramophone founder Compton Mackenzie found the title " harmless ", remarking that " it is silly for austere critics to work themselves up into a state of almost hysterical rage with poor Rellstab ", adding that " What these austere critics fail to grasp is that unless the general public had responded to the suggestion of moonlight in this music Rellstab's remark would long ago have been forgotten.

The story builds itself up around the emotions of the protagonist, who first feels sadness and uncertainty, hope for her to still be alive, and then rage over his loss.

For a long time, the local police supported the hypothesis that her mother Patsy Ramsey injured her child in a fit of rage after the girl had wet her bed on the same night, and then proceeded to kill her either in rage or to cover up the original injury.

In a maniacal rage, she follows the van in her car and rams it, but the Baduns, trying to cut it off from above, end up colliding with her.

The far ranging metaphors and classical allusions are her way of letting go of her pent up rage and emotion, her disdain for Henry and her inherent passion.

He was so unsuccessful that, in a rage, he gave up and threw the sponge he was using to clean his brushes with at the medium, and its mark produced the effect of the horse's foam.

The MPAA's presumed treatment of this film based on the depiction of sexuality – especially in comparison to its much more accepting standards regarding violence – prompted critic Roger Ebert to question why movie industry professionals were not outraged: " Why do serious film people not rise up in rage and tear down the rating system that infantilizes their work?

He took hold of the title-page and tore it up in rage.

He was so unsuccessful that, in a rage, he gave up and threw the sponge he was cleaning his brushes with at the medium, and its mark produced the effect of the horse's foam.