Example Sentences

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She currently shares a car with her boyfriend and they coordinate daily dropoffs and pickups, oftentimes inconveniencing one of them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

She later apologized to her security detail, secretaries and driver for inconveniencing them by starting at such an early hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

With no workers left, heaps of trash have been overflowing from public bins and dump yards on to the streets, inconveniencing residents.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

In their self-conception, they would be entitled to white-glove service from the federal government in the wake of this massively inconveniencing event.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2023

I am sorry that all this time I had no idea of the extent to which they were inconveniencing you.'

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro