How to Use road rage in a Sentence

road rage

noun
Definition of road ragenext
Synonyms for road ragenext
  • The cause of the shooting was also road rage, the DOT said.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The truck driver was warned of the dangers of road rage.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 4 May 2022
  • No one has been charged in the alleged road rage incident or the crash.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
  • If only more cars could do this -– there would be no more road rage.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Too often when that bubble is burst, a case of road rage breaks out.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 27 July 2021
  • The gun battle followed a road rage clash that led both Soliz and Rios to exit the highway in 2020.
    — Chron, 16 Nov. 2022
  • No motive is known at this time, but police do not think these were acts of road rage.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 17 June 2021
  • The crash was sparked by a road rage incident between the two drivers.
    — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2021
  • And the family’s push to reduce road rage has been a helpful goal.
    — Michelle Hunter | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 30 Jan. 2021
  • There would be less space for Gerda, our husky, but no more 45-minute car commutes and no more road rage.
    — Eugene Rabkin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2023
  • This month, 15-year-old Shamara Young was shot and killed in a road rage incident.
    — Ryce Stoughtenborough, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The record 90 road rage reports in June beat the previous high one month before.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022
  • The chase was spurred by a road rage incident, according to Tavares.
    — Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Just this month a woman was killed in Tolleson due to a road rage incident.
    — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Some drivers that get an anxious horn smacking are apt to go into a form of road rage.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Yet, most of us think of road rage as the colloquial term for any type of angry driving.
    — Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Louisiana ranked first for the state having the most road rage, and Rhode Island ranked the lowest.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The two had been involved in a road rage incident in the parking lot and both claimed to have assaulted the other.
    — cleveland, 16 June 2022
  • In Massachusetts, a man was sentenced to life in prison for a racist road rage murder in 2021.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The turnouts have largely ended the road rage between drivers and cyclists, Kalin said.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The shooting was suspected to be the result of a road rage incident.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The suspect fired shots from a car in what police believe was a road rage incident.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The report said that road rage incidents are on the rise nationwide.
    — Abigail Celaya, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Both Hamilton’s shooting, and Thursday night’s shooting, are said to have stemmed from road rage.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Formal charges have been filed against a 29-year-old man in Thursday’s road rage shooting on I-65 in Vestavia Hills.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Deputies were called to a Love's Travel Stop for a report of shots fired during a road rage incident on March 3.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Kayden was shot April 6 on Lake Shore Drive in what police say was a road rage incident.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2021
  • No need to go into a road rage outburst against an AI driving system.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • And in a time when reports of road rage incidents have surged amid the pandemic, such a move may mean conflict.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • Watch on Deadline In the first season, Yeun and Wong play two strangers whose lives collide in a strange way after they’re involved in a road rage incident.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024

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