Example Sentences

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In 1991, a committee room full of U.S. senators listened to an answering machine recording that had been annoying people across the country.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2019

It had been annoying him for some time and deserved it, according to Alexander Zverev.

From Reuters • Jan. 17, 2017

Jeff was next; his chewing had been annoying in normal circumstances but the constant mastication, after Peter’s death, was unbearable.

From The Verge • Aug. 2, 2015

Asked if the rehashing of the incident had been annoying, he said, "Yeah, it gets tiresome, it gets old," Cutler said.

From Chicago Tribune • Sep. 24, 2012

It had been annoying at first, since I had to wait to get my own phone till my birthday months later, but now I was used to it.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence