ANNOYING in a Sentence

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214 example sentences for ANNOYING, such as:

1. This was very annoying to Levin.
2. There was one annoying incident.
3. She frowned at me, clearly annoyed.
4. His attitude made me extremely annoyed.
5. I'll be annoyed if we don't finish by eight.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANNOYING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
annoying
 a.  bothersome; troublesome; irritating
Classic Sentence: (173 in 12 pages)
1  Suellen was an annoying sister with her whining and selfishness, and had it not been for Ellen's restraining hand, Scarlett would frequently have boxed her ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  It was annoying the way Melly always misconstrued her motives--but perhaps that was far preferable to having her suspect the truth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  He clawed at them absently and cleared his throat in an annoying way before he spoke.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
4  It was annoying that Melanie always seemed to grasp more of situations than she herself did.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
5  He laughed pleasedly, the tittery cackling laugh which she always found so annoying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
6  He coughed nervously and waved his hands and repeated his annoying remark about her sweet pretty little head.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  And finally, the Yankees ceased annoying them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  He looked as though he understood her rudeness and that was annoying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
9  But since she had been forced to drive alone, there had been any number of annoying, maddening incidents.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
10  It's always annoying to the godly when the ungodly flourish like the green bay tree.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
11  There was one annoying incident.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
12  It would have been unacceptable and annoying.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
13  Her eyelids looked heavy and her face was red and swollen; he saw that he was annoying her, that she only wanted him to go away.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
14  Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself, which happily turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
15  This was very annoying to Levin.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 13
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
16  His air of calm superiority annoyed her intensely.
17  She was obviously annoyed that the man had happened along.
18  His attitude made me extremely annoyed.
19  She frowned at me, clearly annoyed.
20  She was annoyed to discover that her husband had taken her car keys.
21  I'll be annoyed if we don't finish by eight.
22  I was annoyed, indeed furious, over what happened.
23  Tim really annoyed me in the meeting this morning.
24  He became excessively annoyed at newspaper reports.
25  Anne was fond of Tim, though he often annoyed her.
26  The winner's complacent smile annoyed some people.
27  It would be wrong to suggest that police officers were not annoyed by acts of indecency.
28  We were annoyed by his noncommittal reply for we had been led to expect definite assurances of his approval.
29  The spasmodic coughing in the auditorium annoyed the performers.
30  The vacuous remarks of the politician annoyed the audience, who had hoped to hear more than empty platitudes.