irritation

Example Sentences

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As a menthol analogue, it activates the cooling pathway, which helps stimulate tear production and relieve irritation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

What is the alternative, she asked reporters in January with a flash of irritation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

But it started to feel, for Manchester United, Ilett's long wait for the club to win five games in a row had become an unwanted irritation.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Residents began to complain of an “unbearable” stench that they said caused headaches, nausea, and eye, ear and nose irritation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

Mrs. Peters felt a brief pang of irritation at their youth, their frivolity, their ease.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng