Thesaurus / be at
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
Tressan was monstrous ill-at-ease, and his face lost a good deal of its habitual plethora of colour.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
Everything showed a rapid flight; even the would-be dinner of the guerrillas was found half cooked.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNN
A fellow rudely clad—a hybrid between man-at-arms and lackey—lounged on a musket to confront them in the gateway.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
Next night at dinner I proposed Sir Alister's health, and we all drank to him and his "bride-to-be."
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
While a one-step was in full swing some would-be wag suddenly turned off all the lights.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
And hand-painting it allus seemed to me, is really elocution in oils; for a be-yutiful picture is a silent talker.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
The fun, when the school broke up for the term, was of the never-to-be-forgotten variety.
THE MYSTERY AT PUTNAM HALLARTHUR M. WINFIELD
He is a stranger to affectation—that dangerous rock to the would-be wit; he is natural, and is witty without trying to be a wit.
FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELL
And the Seneschal, moved by that confident promise of evil, threw himself before the men-at-arms.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
WORDS RELATED TO BE AT
- abrade
- afflict
- aggravate
- agitate
- anger
- annoy
- be at
- chafe
- depress
- displease
- disquiet
- disturb
- eat
- embarrass
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- grate on
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infuriate
- irk
- irritate
- molest
- needle
- nettle
- offend
- peeve
- perplex
- pester
- pique
- plague
- provoke
- put out
- rasp
- ride
- rile
- tease
- tick off
- torment
- trouble
- turn off
- upset
- worry
- abrade
- afflict
- aggravate
- agitate
- anger
- annoy
- be at
- chafe
- depress
- displease
- disquiet
- disturb
- eat
- embarrass
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- grate on
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infuriate
- irk
- irritate
- molest
- needle
- nettle
- offend
- peeve
- perplex
- pester
- pique
- plague
- provoke
- put out
- rasp
- ride
- rile
- tease
- tick off
- torment
- trouble
- turn off
- upset
- worry
- abrade
- afflict
- aggravate
- agitate
- anger
- annoy
- be at
- chafe
- depress
- displease
- disquiet
- disturb
- eat
- embarrass
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- grate on
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infuriate
- irk
- irritate
- molest
- needle
- nettle
- offend
- peeve
- perplex
- pester
- pique
- plague
- provoke
- put out
- rasp
- ride
- rile
- tease
- tick off
- torment
- trouble
- turn off
- upset
- worry
- abrade
- afflict
- aggravate
- agitate
- anger
- annoy
- be at
- chafe
- depress
- displease
- disquiet
- disturb
- eat
- embarrass
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- grate on
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- infuriate
- irk
- irritate
- molest
- needle
- nettle
- offend
- peeve
- perplex
- pester
- pique
- plague
- provoke
- put out
- rasp
- ride
- rile
- tease
- tick off
- torment
- trouble
- turn off
- upset
- worry
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.