exasperated
Example Sentences
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He launched his campaign in the summer of 2025 with a viral ad that jolted life into a beleaguered coalition of exasperated liberals and lapsed progressives.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
But the cyclops can’t solve the simplest of riddles and the increasingly exasperated maidens, who’ll be free once a riddle is solved, can’t get them to stop approaching the cave or from making terrible guesses.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
"It looks like someone left it there, hopped off to whatever they were doing and never thought about the scooter again," he tells me with an exasperated sigh.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Lara, the regulator, appears exasperated by some insurers’ reluctance to re-enter the market, despite getting pretty much everything on their wish list.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Mama sighed in exasperated confusion but kept walking, the coffee can cradled in her arm.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing exasperated
The Giver
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Number the Stars
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