How to Use frustration in a Sentence

frustration

noun
  • He was angry about the frustration of his plans.
  • He shook his head in frustration.
  • These delays have proven to be a major frustration.
  • These bureaucratic delays have been causing us a lot of frustration.
  • We've been experiencing a lot of frustrations.
  • Even, to her frustration, the school’s name has changed.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • And so that brings about a lot of emotion, and some of it is anger and frustration.
    Tonya Mosley, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Epstein expressed frustration with the noise of the jail and his lack of sleep.
    Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
  • Among their frustrations is that the training datasets are a black box.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The fan base needed to hear the frustration and raw honesty.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • On the eighth day of Trump court, Trump's frustration with the case, the judge and the witnesses was visible from the gallery.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • There’s high rates of depression and frustration, there’s a lot of things that slip through the cracks.
    Hanna Phifer, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Google is making a big shift with the new Chromecast, and that doesn’t come without bugs and frustrations.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Passwords might be one of the biggest tech frustrations.
    Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • That frustration has always been a part of From Software games.
    WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Near the end of his address, Özer’s frustrations seemed to turn to bitterness and hubris.
    Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
  • This common predicament can lead to hours or even days of frustration, with the answer always just out of reach as the cogs in your brain whirr and grind.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 31 Jan. 2024
  • His fears, his anger, his frustration, his questioning all of those things.
    WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Watching the film on this offense is going to be a session full of frustration, anger and hand-wringing.
    Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The parental frustration that stemmed from the pandemic was widespread in school boards across the commonwealth and country.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But the filmmakers’ frustrations over their lack of involvement in the future of the series has been building for years.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2024
  • By the end of last season, Jones couldn’t hide his frustrations and had multiple on-field outbursts.
    Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • But Harry has refused to settle this time around amid growing frustration with the British press.
    Time, 6 June 2023
  • His teammate, Travis Kelce, was scorned for throwing a helmet in a moment of frustration.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • In a session at the prison, her father Frank Walker talks with frustration about not being able to speak with his daughter.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
  • There was frustration but no apparent anger in his voice.
    Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The Goncalves and Kernodle families expressed frustration that the case has been delayed so long.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Cline expressed his frustration with the lack of discussion.
    Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Pollack acknowledged the frustrations that can come with this process.
    The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Just the night before, Yasmine explained her frustrations to D.C.'s school board.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024

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