irritating

Example Sentences

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Irritating your partner keeps the boredom at bay, gives you something to do, and reassures you by keeping the dynamics between you comfortably predictable.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

Irritating as Sutton’s opinion was, it set into motion the final smack down between gay couples and the states that forbade their marriages.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2015

But the fact that we live in the Age of the Irritating Parent shouldn’t be conflated with the rise of allergies.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2013

Irritating at first, the conceit works by meshing with Wagner's opera instead of conflicting with it.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2011

Irritating, and irritatingly familiar, like something she was supposed to remember but couldn’t.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart