irksome

Example Sentences

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If you were in a hurry, his loquaciousness could be irksome.

From Washington Post

But a certain practice has become irksome: There are some in the group who will ask who else has been invited, or who has accepted, before they will decide on their attendance.

From Washington Post

He once wrote that Black people were “ungovernable” and had “an inherent tendency to revert to savagery and to cast aside the shackles of civilization which are irksome to their physical nature.”

From New York Times

Yet relatively few biologists—and hardly anyone else—are more than faintly aware of parasites beyond the tiny sliver of species such as tapeworms, pinworms and hookworms that are irksome or harmful to humans.

From Scientific American

But the national rule for travelers remained and was arguably the most widespread, visible and irksome measure of its kind.

From Seattle Times