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

Was there a time where your childhood years as an actor were annoying, where you were trying to get out of that shadow?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022

Also, they thought the timed messages were annoying.

From Scientific American • Nov. 25, 2022

When I asked her, she just said that all the kids in her class were annoying.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2020

In my response, I wrote that many people in the US thought squirrels were annoying, but I actually loved them—that’s because I loved all animals.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda