| 1. | Alleyne began a tirade of abuse, saying that two letters were missing. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 2. | Bumble in the outset of a tirade on the subject of poor Oliver's vices. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 3. | The tirade continued it was so bitter and violent that the man could hardly restrain his fist from descending upon the head of the manikin before him. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 4. | Milady had listened to all this menacing tirade with a smile of disdain on her lips, but rage in her heart. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
