Example Sentences

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The roller-coaster ride has been exasperating for businesses that thrive on certainty and cannot easily shift supply chains or adjust shipments of products that need weeks to cross oceans.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2019

But the search for plumes has been exasperating.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2016

She has been exhilarating as often she has been exasperating.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2012

The battle to tame inflation has been exasperating because the chief weapon, tighter credit, has so far managed only to weaken the economy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Very well, so much the better; the woman has been exasperating me!

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile