nuisance
Example Sentences
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The public nuisance offence carries a jail term of up to three months and a fine.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
The Gen Z apprentice on my team, Gyasi, told me he found them "a bit of a nuisance", specifically because you need headphones to listen to them.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
“This should be mostly beneficial across the region, but some minor nuisance flooding is possible in urban and poor drainage areas if heavy rain showers or thunderstorms develop,” the weather service office in Monterey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
They accused the oil companies of creating a public nuisance by altering the environment and leaving the county to pay to abate growing hazards such as the flooding that tests roads and bridges.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
“And Joe can help. He’s twelve, isn’t he? That’s just the age Grandma used to say kids stopped being a nuisance and started being useful.”
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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