irking

Example Sentences

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He met his wife, Rebecca, at a wedding in 1992 that he attended as a friend’s plus one, irking her by interrupting her conversation with the bride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The head of German auto industry group VDA decried the EU parliament's decision, saying it sent a "devastating sign" and risked irking Mercosur countries.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

On Monday, Paramount ousted chief executive Bob Bakish, who was known to have opposed the Skydance proposal, irking controlling shareholder Shari Redstone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

On the environmental guarantees irking Brazil's new government, the European diplomat said the EU recognized what Brazil is now doing to protect the Amazon forest.

From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2023

That irking insecurity which so largely poisons the common lot was something wholly foreign to the ken of the Druces, they must brew their own poisons to take its tonic place.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph