exasperation

noun ex·as·per·a·tion \ ig-ˌza-spə-ˈrā-shən \

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Examples: exasperation in a Sentence

Definition of exasperation

1 : the state of being exasperated

2 : the act or an instance of exasperating someone

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Examples of exasperation in a Sentence

They had all experienced the exasperation and frustration of holiday shopping.
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Recent Examples of exasperation from the Web

As the young women told their stories, some state lawmakers shook their heads in disbelief, dabbed their own tears and expressed exasperation at the way the students were treated.

— juan perez jr., chicagotribune.com, "Victims testify to Illinois lawmakers on CPS sex abuse scandal: 'I will never be the same again'," 20 June 2018
That exasperation found voice this year in a report from a task force investigating the serious injury of a fire captain who fell through a garage roof in Fresno, Calif.

— mike hendricks, kansascity, "In a tragic loop, firefighters continue to die from preventable mistakes," 13 July 2018
But given the league’s previous exasperation at our city’s arena process, Bettman can hardly be blamed for eyeing that renovation timeline a little more warily ahead of any expansion team being granted.

— geoff baker, The Seattle Times, "From Mathew Barzal to expansion talk, Seattle was Hockeytown in past week," 24 June 2018
The final 25 minutes of the game, which included multiple missed shots on goal by Brazil, had the clubhouse erupting in exasperation.

— stefan stevenson, star-telegram, "Rangers Reaction: Pitching duel helps breeze past the offense," 6 July 2018
There are portraits of her famous poses (wielding a small knife, rubbing her temples in exasperation) in oil paint, in pop-art style, in collage.

— allison p. davis, The Cut, "Everybody Loves New York," 31 May 2018
At the end of a downcast Brexit panel at the U.K. Ports Conference, one audience member asked, with some slight exasperation, what the upsides to Brexit might be and what systems might be built to support it.

— georgina voss, The Atlantic, "Brexit Could Cripple Britain’s Ports," 20 June 2018
And on a political level, this particular Freedom Day stirs up a volatile mixture of pride and debasement, hope and exasperation for black South Africans indentured on the farm.

— justin hayford, Chicago Reader, "Mies Julie depicts a postapartheid South Africa still mired in its legacy of colonialism and racism," 6 June 2018
James, with a look of exasperation for the ages, seemed to be pointing in the direction of the basket as the incident played out.

— New York Times, "What Was J.R. Smith Thinking on the Last Play of Regulation?," 1 June 2018

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