vex
verb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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The emotion-tossed characters in this book take a vexingly long time to sort out their feelings and make choices, but the challenging narrative rewards persistent readers with a worthy finale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
The question has been vexingly difficult to answer.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 6, 2023
Yet such an otherwise slight discrepancy articulates the broader reality that basic facts about Price remain vexingly difficult to grasp and have emerged only through painstaking analysis of scattered and often disorganized records.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
One reason for the discrepancy is that ALife is a field in which the central concept—life itself—is vexingly undefined.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 6, 2023
His appeal for alms falls not more vexingly upon the ear than his offensive personality smites hard upon the eye.
From The Fiend's Delight by Bierce, Ambrose
