Example Sentences

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Before Spokane Valley City Councilman Al Merkel started ruffling feathers on the city council, he was irritating his neighbors.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

It wasn’t a slip-up; Oladejo went on to repeat the theme multiple times while acknowledging that the Bruins’ struggling offense was irritating their better half.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

I joked it was irritating but to be honest you just blank that sort of thing out.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2022

The Ma’am was irritating but the rest of him she liked.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019

It was irritating, and it made me feel sly and alert.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison