How to Use frustrating in a Sentence

frustrating

adjective
  • All these delays have been very frustrating.
  • On the short list of the most frustrating games of the year.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Frizzy hair can be frustrating, but there are a bunch of ways to tame the frizz.
    Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 12 May 2023
  • That’s been the most frustrating thing the last month, struggling with that.
    cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Clancy said the lack of movement on the bills was frustrating.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
  • And that is frustrating for both the mayor and migrants.
    Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Rummaged through your bag in the dark can be frustrating.
    Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
  • For home sellers, the past six months or so have been frustrating.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • That’s going to be frustrating for anybody to stay in a groove or find a groove.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
  • That's frustrating given that the point of spending this kind of money is to write on it.
    Gear Team, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • What had the look of a feel-good sweep turned out to be one of the more frustrating losses of the season for the Milwaukee Brewers.
    Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2023
  • And although the Game 1 loss was frustrating and disappointing, the fact is the Dodgers are just down 1-0 in the series.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • For the Mustangs, starter Kyle Ashman fouled out in the frustrating third quarter.
    Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Last year, storms washed out a stretch of I-10 at nearly the same place east of the Palm Springs area, frustrating motorists and truckers for four days.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
  • It has been used to crack some of the country’s most frustrating cold cases, most notably the arrest of the Golden State Killer in 2018.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Getting your car repossessed is one of the most frustrating things to deal with as a driver.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
  • The answer struck me as yet another frustrating unknown in the field.
    Susan Dominus, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • But that's what's so frustrating with these politics: A lot of it is just theater.
    Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Prevention is the best way to avoid frustrating drain problems, Custer says.
    Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 29 July 2023
  • Herbert’s injury is just the latest blow in what has turned into a frustrating year for the franchise.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But those moves further depleted the bonus pool this year, frustrating bankers who stayed, the people said.
    Jan-Henrik Foerster, Fortune Europe, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Dealing with lumps, bumps, or sores on your skin can be super frustrating.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 2 Nov. 2023
  • And that backlash has been strong and angering and frustrating.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • In this case, though, this collection of episodes feels like a complete unit, albeit a frustrating one.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • That was frustrating to me, but that was also a challenge and that motivated me to do more.
    ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Mark Clark: There's so many parts about this thing … that coulda solved this case back then, that is really frustrating.
    Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Learning the dodges is doable in some fights, if not still unfun, but the insta-death dungeons are deeply frustrating.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And this may be the simple, yet frustrating, answer to Fermi’s paradox.
    Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But Francona said seeing Bieber get on the team bus after Monday’s frustrating 10-6 loss to the Twins was a bit of a silver lining.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
  • But trying to make his way as a screenwriter was frustrating.
    Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 21 July 2023

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