Example Sentences

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They had been irritating him all day, till he had been atrociously rude to them.

From The Helpmate by Sinclair, May

While the Magyars had been troubling Germany on the east and south, the Danes had been irritating her on the north.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

Meg's behaviour that day had been irritating to the last degree.

From All Men are Ghosts by Jacks, L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall)

Furthermore, that morning the gaping alligator also suggested the countenance of the open-mouthed Files whom Britt had just left in the dining room, and Files had been irritating.

From When Egypt Went Broke by Day, Holman

He felt that he had got the better of those two enemies of his who had been irritating him.

From Phyllis of Philistia by Moore, Frank Frankfort