irritatingly

Example Sentences

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Of all the predictabilities in the horror genre, one is increasingly and irritatingly disappointing: “Girl stuff” seems to just simply not count.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

They could also rob us of some irritatingly catchy election slogans.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

The epitome of low-budget high concept, this impressively sustained but often irritatingly overwritten real-time exercise features an ever-assured Johnson as a streetwise young traveler and Sean Penn as her very loquacious cab driver.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2023

As such, it can feel irritatingly artificial and insubstantial — beneath the philosophical and literary veneer, there’s not a whole lot going on.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023

But, irritatingly dutiful, he takes the other seat at the table, fiddling with one of the teacups.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse