exasperate
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Held in a stifling courtroom during the peak of summer, the proceedings involved day after day of contentious confrontation as the couple sought to exasperate Li Mien, the presiding judge, at every opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 28, 2026
Penn State has four 11-win seasons since 2016 under Franklin, but here are the numbers that exasperate Nittany Lions fans: 1-9 against Ohio State; 3-16 vs. top-10 teams; 1-13 vs.
From Seattle Times β Oct. 21, 2023
However, quite how the hosts did not manage to win will mystify and exasperate the new man at the helm.
From BBC β Oct. 18, 2022
The series can tend toward the twee, and the characters can exasperate.
From New York Times β Sep. 1, 2022
Such things exasperate a soldier more than the front-line.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
What further exasperates the residents of the complex is that there is a GP surgery less than 100m from their building.
From BBC β Jun. 11, 2024
The Emily Dickinson of “A Quiet Passion” both exasperates and is exasperated by her tightly cloistered family, but the love and respect that courses among them is never in doubt.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 8, 2023
Ragnar speaks only Icelandic, which baffles and sometimes exasperates the priest.
From Washington Post β Mar. 13, 2023
Norma López, a 56-year-old homemaker, has a post leaning just feet away from her balcony in Loiza, and it exasperates her every time she sees it.
From Seattle Times β Sep. 18, 2022
She exasperates him, as she does everyone who roots for her success, but he loves her mind and courage.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Despite being born more than four decades later, an exasperated generation of French teenagers are looking to the past for inspiration.
From BBC β Oct. 9, 2026
This week, exasperated residents blocked the highway linking Tachira state to Barinas at night, banging pots and pans and honking horns in protest.
From Barron's β Sep. 12, 2026
He has, he says, “written thousands of words and given dozens of interviews” in exasperated but frequently futile response.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 8, 2026
As catastrophic as the fires were for those who lost everything, people whose homes remain standing have been exasperated by insurance company refusals to cover the removal of lingering hazardous contaminants.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 1, 2026
On their right, an exasperated winged woman screamed into her phone and then incinerated it in her fist.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Dealing with a call center or an automated teller might have been exasperating.
From Barron's β Apr. 14, 2026
It takes only a moment or two for him to establish each figure’s unique traits, from the amiable to the exasperating.
From The Wall Street Journal β Mar. 26, 2026
All of this makes for an exasperating experience, but what’s most aggravating is that we’ve stood for this for so long.
From Salon β Jan. 25, 2026
At some forecourts in Bamako, motorists are met by a note bearing three, exasperating words - "no fuel today".
From BBC β Nov. 11, 2025
All day long I hear nothing but what an exasperating child I am, and although I laugh it off and pretend not to mind, I do mind.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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