Example Sentences

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What’s frustrating isn’t that the jokes are terrible.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

What makes this apology so powerful is also what makes the rest of the encyclical so frustrating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Phone calls became challenging, and noisy social settings were especially frustrating.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

"I've been constant with them, I've got my MSP onto them, I've got my solicitor onto them. It's just very frustrating."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

For us, looking back at these events and trying to understand them, there is a frustrating paradox at work here.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein