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

The condition had a name — potato spindle tuber disease — but its cause proved vexingly elusive.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

After reading Libby Machol's vexingly unfinished manuscript and talking to her granddaughter Kate, I turned, once again, to archives—this time, at Columbia, where Dorothy Andersen worked for more than 30 years.

From Scientific American • Nov. 11, 2021

How vexingly elusive the poor fellow has become! 

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph