exasperation
Example Sentences
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I also heard from Stefanie Keenan, who had a clever idea a few years ago, born of exasperation with City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The chancellor's exasperation is palpable in an interview with The Mirror.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Residents of Kyoto and other tourist hotspots have expressed exasperation with selfie-taking crowds, and now an online backlash against Japan fever is growing.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
In an NBA season pockmarked by exasperation about tanking—aka the strategy of intentionally being terrible—a team predicted to be mediocre-to-lousy declined to cave.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
The old man saw and let out a huff of exasperation.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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