were exasperating
- past progressive of exasperate.
Example Sentences
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There’s no point in enumerating all the reasons I dislike it — OK, the unfunny Los Angeles stereotypes were exasperating.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
As talented as they were enigmatic, as charming as they were exasperating, the Lopez brothers left Stanford after two seasons for the riches of the N.B.A.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2015
The Manhattan cocktail may have been invented in Queens, but those temporary Manhattan-bound signs on Queens Boulevard that proclaimed “To City” were exasperating.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2015
The limitless resources of Sir Henry's preposterous wallet were exasperating.
From Time Magazine Archive
The police arrangements at the church were exasperating to a degree.
From Letters to His Children by Roosevelt, Theodore
