vexed
Example Sentences
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Vexed, Celeste retorts, “It’s supposed to feel like a club . . . A lot of the people coming to this show don’t even talk to their families.”
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
Vexed by heart trouble for much of his adult life, Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025
Vexed police officers made only halting progress in identifying possible suspects.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Vexed and burning up in the late spring sun — O’Connor is, in his own words, “tragically Irish” — he turned to the 70-foot statue behind him.
From The Verge • Aug. 20, 2020
Vexed and annoyed, I cried out to the absent Hamlet, “You are a knave indeed to abuse me so with your lies and promises! You are not worthy of my love!”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing vexed
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