aggravation
Example Sentences
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The stop-start feature helps lower emissions—and raises Americans’ aggravation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Sweeping contentious issues under the rug and relegating them to wanton aggravation is one major way of letting these same topics fester.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
It’s not the hassles and aggravation that most people put up with.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
The charges had been said to have had a connection with serious organised crime, but this aggravation was deleted by prosecutors at the end of the evidence.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025
His rules proved a real source of aggravation for me.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Vocabulary lists containing aggravation
Good Grief!: Grav, Griev
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