- present tense form of exasperate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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What further exasperates the residents of the complex is that there is a GP surgery less than 100m from their building.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2024
Norma López, a 56-year-old homemaker, has a post leaning just feet away from her balcony in Loiza, and it exasperates her every time she sees it.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022
Hammarskjöld’s death is one of many unsolved mysteries in “Cold Case Hammarskjöld,” a twisty, thorny new documentary that grips, jolts and exasperates in roughly equal measure.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2019
Emotions run high in Venice, the Italian island city that fascinates visitors even as it exasperates the dwindling band of local inhabitants.
From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2017
She exasperates him, as she does everyone who roots for her success, but he loves her mind and courage.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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