"It's no good," Atrus said, steeling himself against his father's anger.

For she is my defense against your anger.

He closed his eyes a moment against his anger.

You can't hope to win against your anger directly.

Tracy swallowed hard against her anger at that truth.

The blow upon his head had shattered his inner defenses; he could not shield against the other's anger.

Now Cadderly said nothing, offered no defense against his friends' justifiable anger.

Almost despite myself I felt a thrill of pride rising against my chronic anger.

We must be able to judge its moods, guard against its anger.

Rod swung his whip back, fighting against his own anger to withhold the blow until the right moment.