Example Sentences

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“He sat in the cafe with other Jews who had worked for him. My aunt asked me irritatedly how I knew this man.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2022

One of the kids, who was black, and who had been irritatedly telling his friends to cut it out, saw the cops and quietly slid into the seat next to me.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2018

Nelatha slapped Si'Wren's hands away irritatedly, mystifying a crestfallen Si'Wren, whose weeping brown eyes immediately betrayed her shock and confusion.

From Si'Wren of the Patriarchs by Cheney, Roland Jon

"I hope," he said rather irritatedly, "that you had a mother?"

From Peeps at People by Holliday, Robert Cortes

He snapped his fingers irritatedly, as if recalling some significant incident that had slipped his memory, and drew a battered object from his pocket.

From The Bat by Hopwood, Avery