exasperation

Example Sentences

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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

But after allowing myself a moment of exasperation with the woman on the television, I turned to the lessons of history.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 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

Ifemelu saw exasperation in his eyes, a brief glimpse before it disappeared.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie