Owens's public criticism of McNabb irked management and angered some players.

Coming from anyone else, criticism of her father would have angered her.

In later years, Dr. Pauling's candid criticism of the United States angered conservative Americans.

It did not mean that Riley's criticism had not angered some players and bewildered others.

The criticism from the third world has angered and alarmed many United Nations officials and Western diplomats here.

The outside criticism angered some Texans and embarrassed others, but it undeniably pushed the issue onto the front burner for state lawmakers who had previously felt little pressure to address it.

Koch's criticism of Jesse Jackson during the 1988 presidential race had angered many black voters and was cited as a major reason for his defeat.

The criticism dismays and angers Mr. Gandhi's advisers, who feel it springs from India's age-old xenophobic tendencies.

Such criticism angers Mr. Semel and Mr. Daly.

In addition, throughout the early 1970s Tombalbaye's criticism of the army's mediocre performance in the field had angered the officer corps and dissipated its loyalty.