- present tense form of irritate (3rd person singular).
irritates
Example Sentences
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Talk of an eventual rebound irritates investors like Christopher Poch, whose firm Promethium Advisors owns 11,000 Whirlpool shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Many authorities have enforced a 50mph speed limit - another thing that irritates motorists.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
But when it goes away, so do our nightly doses of Colbert’s affable clowning, the kind that irritates thin-skinned despots in a way other comics can’t quite match.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
B.J. irritates the other characters with yet another drum solo, the self-aware jokes about his self-centeredness would land better if “K-Pops!” wasn’t convinced that the audience wants as much of him on-screen as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
What irritates me most about him is his natural goodness, his inborn selflessness.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
