vexing
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Vexing and humor deficient as the current season is relative to the previous, there's enough going for it to make it worthwhile to ride out the slack, beyond any completist urges.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2021
Vexing: No one has found anyone or anything “vexing” since Mr. Rochester bedeviled young Jane Eyre.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2018
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
Suddenly, The Storm-god raised a whirlwind from the ground, Vexing heaven’s concave, and filled all the plain, Rending the locks of all the orchard groves, Till the great sky was choked withal.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
Vexing me is not the sinful part of it.
From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles
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