irritated viewers were bombarding the station with complaints about the game's delayed start
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There was a point in Patrick Paul’s ascension last season where his smirk, his hearty chuckles irritated, if not frustrated his opponents to the point of anger.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026 On Friday, a cloud of irritated bees swarmed the linden’s trunk about 20 feet up, where wind from strong storms the night before had snapped it.—Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026 Azaria was not the only one irritated at Swift’s Game 4 courtside presence.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026 The study also found that participants became frustrated with Pepper for reasons similar to those that make people irritated with overly competitive friends or family members during board games.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for irritated