How to Use irk in a Sentence

irk

verb

• It irks me to have to clean up after you.
• Drivers were irked by the higher gasoline prices.
• It's pumiced enough to have no snags, no irks.
  — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
• Those who park rear-first clearly irk those who don’t.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
• Still, there are things that irk Blanchard.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
• There is no appeal process, which irks Smith.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
• The little things may irk you today.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
• Two things irked Berube about the way things got away from his team this time around.
  — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
• Next, list the behaviors that irk you.
  — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
• One of the things that irks me, people talk about the war in Ukraine.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
• Karp had never seen it and seemed mildly amused, rather than irked by it.
  — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
• Ramírez has yet to win a Gold Glove Award, which irks him.
  — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• Some of the movies that escaped Neon’s grasp still irk Quinn.
  — ABC News, 11 May 2026
• Here began a pattern that irked Joplin for the rest of his life.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
• But what irked me the most was the shockingly sweet tomato sauce.
  — Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
• But the very suggestion of the format change has been enough to irk some.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
• Green Day rang in the new year by irking the richest man in the world.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• A lot of things irk the president, and for good reason.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
• That irked some who thought the city was sacrificing park space for cars.
  — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
• Schools were closed for three days, which further irked Menino.
  — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
• There's something about red that just really irks me.
  — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
• Aiyuk was irked that his coach that week in practice pulled him off kickoff and punt returns.
  — Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• Her insouciance seems to at once irk and fascinate the rest of the cast.
  — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
• What irked her most was the foregone futility of the day.
  — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
• This was a one-time joke designed to irk our most gullible and obsessive readers.
  — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
• That irks readers, who have been prolific in emails to make their grievances known.
  — Cquinn, cleveland, 22 July 2023
• Caped Crusaders, and the villains who irk them, fill screens every year.
  — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2022
• Sour cream and dill are lovely garnishes (but may irk lecsó purists).
  — Luke Pyenson, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
• These are big issues of the kind that tend to irk credit rating companies.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• He was irked when a woman came to a public talk and argued that they should be restituted.
  — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023