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
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
Although it sold 84 million copies in print worldwide, The Da Vinci Code received mixed reviews when it was published in 2003 with Mark Lawson in the Guardian describing it as "irritatingly gripping tosh".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022
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
