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Examples of vex in a Sentence
This problem has vexed researchers for years.
We were vexed by the delay.
Recent Examples on the Web
The question seemed to vex the many passers-by who stopped to gape.
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Priya Krishna, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The participation rate has not returned to pre-pandemic levels, vexing economists and the Fed, while also contributing to an imbalance of worker supply and demand.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
Successfully executing on a hybrid plan continues to vex many companies, whose tired return-to-office mandates remain difficult to enforce, and whose employees remain difficult to please.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
Shootings of youths are soaring in D.C., vexing city leaders
Myamee Malloy said her family struggles with how to tell her younger siblings their young loved one is dead.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Recommended Peace Besieged on all sides, Israeli Arabs preach message of coexistence
The situation at the United States-Mexico border has vexed the Democratic president, who is seeking reelection in 2024.
—Colleen Long, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
Recently, the story has been revisited by writers and filmmakers in a wave of media projects that has vexed Ms. Mendieta, the administrator of her aunt’s estate — particularly when the works appear to focus on the death.
—Kate Dwyer, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
Inflation and rising interest rates are pinching urban consumers
Inflation is vexing consumers in several cities that sit near the top of the new WalletHub ranking, researchers said.
—USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
Therein lies the problem: The contract was ratified in November and GM has yet to commit to the timing or other details, leaving Ruddy vexed.
—Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
Priya Krishna, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The participation rate has not returned to pre-pandemic levels, vexing economists and the Fed, while also contributing to an imbalance of worker supply and demand.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
Successfully executing on a hybrid plan continues to vex many companies, whose tired return-to-office mandates remain difficult to enforce, and whose employees remain difficult to please.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
Shootings of youths are soaring in D.C., vexing city leaders
Myamee Malloy said her family struggles with how to tell her younger siblings their young loved one is dead.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Recommended Peace Besieged on all sides, Israeli Arabs preach message of coexistence
The situation at the United States-Mexico border has vexed the Democratic president, who is seeking reelection in 2024.
—Colleen Long, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
Recently, the story has been revisited by writers and filmmakers in a wave of media projects that has vexed Ms. Mendieta, the administrator of her aunt’s estate — particularly when the works appear to focus on the death.
—Kate Dwyer, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
Inflation and rising interest rates are pinching urban consumers
Inflation is vexing consumers in several cities that sit near the top of the new WalletHub ranking, researchers said.
—USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
Therein lies the problem: The contract was ratified in November and GM has yet to commit to the timing or other details, leaving Ruddy vexed.
—Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
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vex
verb
vexed also vext; vexing
1
: to bring trouble, distress, or worry to
vexed by thoughts of what could have been
2
: to annoy continually with little irritations
vexed by the children
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