ticked
angry; miffed.
Origin of ticked
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How to use ticked in a sentence
A curse-filled half hour that saw my blood boil as my filing deadline ticked further into the past.
J.K. Rowling Pens the Greatest Horror Story Ever: Dolores Umbridge Was Real | Kevin Fallon | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe CIA ticked up its support for some armed rebel groups later that summer.
Obama Stifled Hillary’s Syria Plans and Ignored Her Iraq Warnings for Years | Josh Rogin | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut today they do and China is more than a little ticked off about it.
Further, while Obama's poll numbers have ticked up recently, they are still underwater.
The old clock on the wall ticked with a deafening vengeance.
Till then, nothing—not even these thoughts that ticked as if out of a tape-machine from my brain.
In Accordance with the Evidence | Oliver OnionsThe clock ticked; pigeons cooed on the veranda; a door opened in the distance, and for a moment a treble voice was heard.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories | John GalsworthyShe ticked off each succeeding clause on her much-beringed fingers.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayThen he ticked off at the figures four, eight, twelve and sixteen.
Radio Boys Loyalty | Wayne WhippleA long second ticked by, while Forrester tried to apply even more neural pressure.
Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall Garrett
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