Example Sentences

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At a media conference weeks later, he walked into the room and confronted some poor misfortune whose newspaper columns had annoyed him.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2021

She had annoyed the President earlier that day with a question about Michael Cohen.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

He lived directly across the main road from Fran’s, and several people in town said it had annoyed him when her customers parked on his property.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2018

He did not elaborate but reporters and human rights activists said the station had annoyed the government by questioning the official line on the death of a civilian in jail, among other critical reports.

From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2013

Why had she felt the need to exaggerate the children’s progress just because Lady Constance’s remarks had annoyed her?

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood