annoy
Example Sentences
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"I'm scared of their patrols, worried that if I wear something too bright it might annoy them."
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
This will annoy people who think everything important happens in Silicon Valley.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
“If it’s during the day, it would not annoy me at all.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
"I suspect that she does not want to annoy her son."
From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025
Since Tal's body language was so bizarre, Fischer interpreted it as an attempt to annoy him.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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