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

He gunned the engine, ready to kick in the gears, looking at them irritatedly.

From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)

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

"It's run or be run," Jean retorted irritatedly.

From The Heritage of the Sioux by Bower, B. M.