vexation
noun
the act of vexing.
vexations
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pluralof vexation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ahead of Sunday’s election for a new parliament and government, those vexations are being heard again as the European Union country’s two main parties, the center-left Socialists and the center-right Social Democrats, compete for power.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
By now, the litany of vexations is well known: the jammed phone lines, the hours on hold, the online system that balks and crashes, the inexplicable responses to re-file and then re-file again.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
The current zest for new privacy laws is also likely to stall as lawmakers wrestle with the technical complexities and constitutional vexations sure to emerge with any legislation to control content on the internet.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2018
Bach’s vexations, his rages, his blind spots, even his hatreds, are our own.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016
She had been accustomed to very great disappointments and vexations; and, with a spirit above her years, she had borne them all, and had shown an energy of mind and activity worthy of better things.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold
