Example Sentences

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Although the unusual nature of the fixture will vex some punters, others are attracted to the idea of a six-race card of 12-runner handicaps.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2012

The novel will vex those who expect their reading matter to carry the freight of coherent meaning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, she will vex herself about her boy, as though it were possible that he could stay there.

From Janet's Love and Service by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

Poor soul, it will vex her sorely—and poor sister also.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Marshall, Emma

Without meaning to be unkind, the thought, “perhaps it will vex Jack,” entered into her mind and stayed there.

From Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing by Page, Gertrude