exasperated

Example Sentences

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On the hard-news side, she bungled big moments like an interview with Vladimir Putin, who batted away her questions about 2016 election meddling with an exasperated performance of ignorance.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

He hated school and his exasperated father told him that he would stop punishing him for bad reports if he applied himself to reading.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

In America, the lasting image of the time is of cars and exasperated drivers waiting for hours in fuel lines.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Documentarian Geeta Gandbhir retraces this slow-moving tragedy through the body camera footage of the exasperated officers who know that the caller, not the children, is the problem.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

From above them came the rustling sound of a ceiling panel being slid aside, and in the glow of a flashlight beam they saw Constance’s dusty, cobweb-covered, exasperated face.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart