nuisance

Example Sentences

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It was the day of the emergency public nuisance hearing.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

“It’s such a nuisance and a hassle to have a rental property.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Resident Leah Steward told the council the current music levels had already caused "a significant public nuisance".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Documents obtained by the Creek Team detail chemicals used in 2024 to “eradicate nuisance weeds” in flood control channels, or “washes,” as many Southern Californians know them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Making his way home, he resolved that he would hunt and shoot something, anything, to impress his family, especially his sisters, who thought he was a nuisance, beneath notice, as irritating as a fly.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich