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is frustrating

  • present progressive of frustrate (3rd person singular).

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Manchester United's lack of urgency to make a concrete offer for 25-year-old France midfielder Manu Kone is frustrating AS Roma.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Reflecting back, she realized the point is to learn how to communicate well with the people around you, even if the lack of clarity is frustrating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

But this light touch is frustrating for a film that is otherwise candid about the ways we live and the patterns we stumble into, often brutally so.

From Salon May 30, 2026

From abandoned panic rooms to flubbed Ghostface executions, the characters make so many dumb choices that eventually we’re convinced that Williamson is frustrating us by design.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

It is frustrating that I cannot talk back.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga