Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunned
Verb
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Or annoyed at myself for the whole stunt.—
Junnelle Hogen,
Outside,
19 Oct. 2025 -
Ball doesn’t seem annoyed by the memes yet, but the NBA season hasn’t officially started, so there’s still time.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Her mother-in-law tried to help by offering to take care of the dogs herself, but the woman worried that would be too much to ask.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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For employees worried that AI agents could take their jobs, one of the field’s leading founders says the technology is still far from perfect.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Now, the mechanical shark featured in the film is notorious for malfunctioning, which irked Spielberg to no end.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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But hearing pundits and supporters react to Juventus’ defeat to Como at the weekend, their first of the season, must have irked Tudor irrespective of how much the same mentality is ingrained in him.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Jim Kovalsky, the president of a nonprofit called the Florida East Coast Railway Society, appeared exasperated in a local-TV interview last year.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Then people get exasperated, start talking about judicial supremacy, and try to chop the Court off at its knees by seeking traditional amendment instead.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The decision by Aaron Turner, Kuminga’s agent, to go on a media tour in recent weeks while negotiating publicly in hopes of landing a better offer for Kuminga, irritated some with the organization, according to league sources.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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And the web designer from South Dakota certainly must have irritated her former final two ally Vince Panaro on her way out of the Big Brother house.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The confidence showed in Game 1 against the Dodgers, and the Brewers avoided the first-inning stumbles that vexed them against the Cubs.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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Who would not raise a glass to the memory of so vexed a merrymaker, under whose spell the city is transformed into an exotic pastoral?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The locals, especially seniors and year-round residents, are riled up.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
1 Oct. 2025
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Manager Mikel Arteta was riled up after Newcastle slowed play down in a January 2023 draw (0-0).—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Broadly, the Blue Jackets were peeved that the 5-1 final score does not reflect the way the game was played.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The local Republicans are peeved.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Dunned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunned. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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