frustrate
Example Sentences
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The biggest harbinger that things were about to fall apart in Iran didn’t come from the thwarted anger of the country’s opposition or the frustrated hopes of young people hungry for more personal freedom.
"It is so frustrating because the last time we came here we also had a lot of decisions go against us."
From BBC
“These families are frustrated at their ability to get ahead because of the rise in the cost of living, the lag in wage growth, their inability to save and the increase in their credit-card balances.”
From MarketWatch
The suspended boss of Pride in London has "frustrated" a disciplinary investigation into alleged theft and bullying by refusing to hand back control of company bank accounts and systems, court documents allege.
From BBC
The satirical cartoon strip - about a competent but frustrated engineer and his dysfunctional workplace environment - was first published in 1989, and went on to feature in more than 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.