exasperation

Example Sentences

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The exasperation young people feel at older folks, with our fat bank accounts struggling to program our televisions or upload videos, is understandable.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

“Cabrón,” he calls me, “you are Mexican and we’ve been here speaking in English all this time,” he says in Spanish with a hint of playful exasperation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

This month’s moves in the European Parliament were prompted by voters’ cry of exasperation in last year’s Continent-wide election for that body.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Even before the polls had closed, Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer expressed exasperation and confusion: “What does affordability even mean?”

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

She put her hands on her hips, that familiar gesture of exasperation that always made her seem larger, and I saw the unnatural diamond shape formed by her elbows and narrowed waist.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago