Example Sentences

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Its owner is the exasperatingly voluble Harry, played by Dustin Hoffman in a role the veteran Oscar winner clearly relishes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

An accountant exasperatingly asks for a ballpark figure, and Escola’s Bernadette, wiggling like a charmed snake with their hands on their hips, asks, “Is this a ballpark figure?”

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

“But I was also culpable, in that I failed to prove certain exasperatingly opaque answers that I repeatedly received.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2022

Despite the exasperatingly uneven quality of the writing, the characters consistently reminded us of their humanity and emotional frailty, persuading us to overlook their sins every few beats.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2021

If only he will speak tonight I Judith lingered exasperatingly in front of the little mirror that evening.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare