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

It’s starting to annoy the rich and powerful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

This will annoy people who think everything important happens in Silicon Valley.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

"I suspect that she does not want to annoy her son."

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

The pond had broken panes of ice on the edges, enough to annoy the geese, and from the Small Barn you could hear Quintus Sertorius at his grain, snorting in his bin.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt