How to Use piss off in a Sentence

piss off

verb
  • Just let me be pissed off about it.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
  • He must have been pissed off about that.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
  • And then guys got a little pissed off.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The other coach, he’d be all pissed off.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Those things piss off people like my cousins.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • And if you're pissed off about something, say it.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The locker room was a little bit pissed off.
    — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Gerry Hand said, Don’t waste my time, piss off.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And honestly, we’re pissed off.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In Serbian, these people were pissed off.
    — Patrick McEnroe, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • To be this strong, to be able to still piss off complete strangers just by existing.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The Sixers fans were getting pissed off at the losing too.
    — Allen Iverson, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • So, as an American, I'm pissed off.
    — EW.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Everyone’s pissed off all the time at everything, and a lot of them are right to be.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Seeing what was happening the Latins got pissed off.
    — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Smacked with whole tuna fish after pissing off guy holding whole tuna fish.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 May 2026
  • Smacked with whole tuna fish after pissing off guy holding whole tuna fish.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Alex, while pissed off about being benched, is more concerned about the well-being of Roya and her father.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • People vote for the candidate that is going to piss off their enemies.
    — Alexis Coe, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
  • But in this period of time, everybody’s pissed off a little bit about something.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Like historically pissed off, in this customer-rage sense.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • Writers and comedians are nervous and pissed off.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Why would Alex risk pissing off Jake by taking out his other number one so early?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • To your point, the original Friday the 13th is just about a pissed off mom who’s seeking vengeance.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
  • The pissed off punk rockers, the hopelessly antisocial geeks, and the kids doing drugs.
    — David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The Bears are successfully pissing off just about everyone — no small feat.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 8 June 2026
  • Captains of industry all look terrified of pissing off the wrong powerful guy.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This fact, too, is laughable because wouldn’t at least one person bring up the fact that Alex just pissed off the Iranians like two days ago?
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Instead Linda devolves, becoming more pugnacious and thin-skinned and pissed off.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • At the risk of pissing off regulars, my favorite spot is the Ear Inn, a historic pub haunted by a sailor named Mickey.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026

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