Example Sentences

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The phrase ‘data upon request’ has been annoying scientists since it caused a spat between Isaac Newton and John Flamsteed in 1695.

From Nature • Dec. 19, 2019

I know I don’t need more than I already have, but my sweater from the Ranch is starting to pill, and the constant washing in the sink has been annoying.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

He has crushed so many hearts that he deems himself irresistible, and of late has been annoying me.

From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles

George, I have got one of those infernal wheel peddling chaps aboard, and he has been annoying the life out of me.

From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.

I hear that Gabriel has been annoying you and that you are to give up half of the kingdom to-morrow.

From Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr