annoy

Example Sentences

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Another reason Tokyo can ill afford to annoy Trump is that the United States has for decades -- with 60,000 troops on Japanese soil -- been the guarantor of Japan's security.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The situation appeared to annoy the judge overseeing the case, Arun Subramanian, after he learned that Live Nation and the Justice Department had signed their deal last Thursday.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

They are notorious goons, despised virtually everywhere for their ability to agitate, aggrieve and annoy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

This will annoy people who think everything important happens in Silicon Valley.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

But now he said his thoughts aloud many times since there was no one that they could annoy.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway