- present participle of frustrate.
frustrating
Example Sentences
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If I was only performing other people’s words, I’d find that frustrating, I think.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But Georgia Stanway, this year's top scorer for England, once again turned up when they needed her to and she opened the scoring after a neat, incisive passing move, in a frustrating first half.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mr. Anderson does this exceptionally well, with deep chapters on Mr. Brady’s childhood, his inauspicious high-school years and his frustrating college career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The fact that so few stocks have meaningfully participated in the rally over roughly the past six weeks has been frustrating for some investors, Mayfield said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
However, while being able to think about two things at the same time is terribly convenient, the training it takes to get there is frustrating at best, and at other times rather disturbing.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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