aggravating
Example Sentences
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The starting point was the aggravating factors - length of time of the wrongdoing, the size of payments, that they were made with the knowledge of senior figures and the seriousness of the breaches.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
It’s all fittingly itchy for literature’s most aggravating couple and a story that chafes against the convention that love wins — or even that love is good.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
What’s most aggravating is that we’ve stood for this for so long.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026
Reaves is approaching the four-week point after aggravating his calf injury on Christmas Day.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
Equally aggravating was the fact that there still was no Eiffel challenger.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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