annoy
verb (used with object)
to disturb or bother (a person) in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.
were annoying
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past progressiveof annoy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The 34-year-old said these messages were "annoying and upsetting" for women but "also not fair on men" as it made her "less trusting towards all men".
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2023
Also, they thought the timed messages were annoying.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 25, 2022
Blackouts for an hour or two were annoying, if tolerable, but now entire neighborhoods in her city were losing electricity for daylong stretches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2021
When I asked her, she just said that all the kids in her class were annoying.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2020
She had only met Grace once, and Joaquin never, and already her siblings were annoying her.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
