irk
Example Sentences
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He told the New York Times in 1999 that he was “irked” that many players did not know that it was the union that made their enormous salaries and benefits, arbitration and free agency possible.
From Los Angeles Times
After that, the advisers took a survey asking how offended they were—and they were more irked when the clients got a second opinion from AI than from a human adviser.
Anna May had said her ba was irked about the picture.
From Literature
But it was the removal of wartime leader Churchill that particularly irked politicians.
From BBC
These interventions can irk the grassroots, and there will be some carping over the Daines move.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
