nettled
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There’s a nettled rejoinder from George: “That’s a matter of taste. All down the line, people have liked my songs.”
From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2019
I thought it was an innocent question, but Jackson seemed nettled.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2019
The jolt of seeing him there where, only a few minutes before, I’d felt safe from observation nettled me.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2019
Last Wednesday, the Huskies barely topped Boston University, 61-59, as they were nettled by the Terriers’ zone defense.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2016
Not that they needed understanding—young people were the same in every generation—but this cockiness, this refusal to take seriously the gravest questions of their lives, nettled and irritated her.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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