Example Sentences

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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

"It is frustrating because you budget for a holiday," Debbie says.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

That an Oscar-nominated director with a celebrated eye for the ethereal, strange world of girl-women living in beautiful boxes could make a film as workaday as this one is frustrating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

However, while being able to think about two things at the same time is terribly convenient, the training it takes to get there is frustrating at best, and at other times rather disturbing.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss