irk
Example Sentences
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These interventions can irk the grassroots, and there will be some carping over the Daines move.
“There wasn’t a 3 at the start of my batting average last year, and that irks me,” Freeman said last week.
From Los Angeles Times
Those distractions have irked young bankers nearly as much as the loss of prized perks that were cut off last year.
Also, we want to hear from you: Which corporate jargon irks you the most?
He met his wife, Rebecca, at a wedding in 1992 that he attended as a friend’s plus one, irking her by interrupting her conversation with the bride.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
