exasperation
Example Sentences
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This month’s moves in the European Parliament were prompted by voters’ cry of exasperation in last year’s Continent-wide election for that body.
His answer, tinged with an uncharacteristic air of exasperation, was firm.
From BBC
“So they tell me — so they tell me repeatedly,” Brooks says with an air of exasperation.
From Los Angeles Times
Martin displays terrific comic timing as Butler, deftly channeling the general’s narcissism and exasperation, whether fussing with paperwork or pontificating over the sherry decanter.
From Washington Post
President Biden called for a ban on assault rifles, as he has done after other recent mass shootings — a repetition he acknowledged with a sense of exasperation on Tuesday.
From New York Times
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