exasperate
Example Sentences
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Biopics are “an exasperating genre,” Variety wrote, smushing some of “the planet’s most unorthodox personalities into a reductive, overly moralistic mold.”
To further exasperate the lingering injury bug, Reaves left the game after the first half because of left calf soreness.
From Los Angeles Times
Avuncular and experienced, he advises her to be more likable, which seems futile, because everyone she meets quickly gets exasperated by her combination of earnest idealism and hall-monitor insistence.
But mostly, they feel exasperated trying to explain their work, especially when sitting around the holiday dinner table with family.
Then almost everything was lacking as Hearts seized on their opportunity and the home support grew increasingly exasperated.
From BBC
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