Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunned
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He was obviously annoyed at her about something.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026 -
In particular, you might be concerned or annoyed about financial issues with a friend or a group.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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Apple reports record iPhone sales Apple reported its best-ever iPhone sales — due largely to growth in China — but its shares stayed flat as investors worried about rising costs.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The committee is already split between those worried about persistent inflation, who’d like to keep rates unchanged, and those who think that recent upticks in unemployment point to a stumbling economy that needs lower interest rates to bolster hiring.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Two things irked Berube about the way things got away from his team this time around.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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That irked some who thought the city was sacrificing park space for cars.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Jan. 2026
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But it may also be remembered as the moment where Europe broke away from the United States, exasperated by a world run solely by hard American power at the whims of an ever imperial presidency.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Jack was exasperated, infuriated and embarrassed, while Dorothy tried desperately to save him.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
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For a long time your political cartoons published in the editorial pages have irritated me.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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The song, which reclaims a derogatory term for Venezuelan female migrants, was interpreted as defiant and irritated the Venezuelan president, then facing widespread reports of electoral fraud.—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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That loss particularly vexed me.—
Leah Donnella,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Jan. 2026
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That project of getting the benefits of Western civilization without its freedom and rights, that’s one that has vexed tyrants all over the world.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Jan. 2026
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But the long and short of the real science behind size suggests that men themselves are more likely than women to get riled up about the subject.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 Jan. 2026
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While video replay showed Elliss’ hit was clean (and legal), the optics of Dart being jettisoned a few yards into his own sideline riled up several Giants players, including second-year tight end Theo Johnson, who immediately went after Elliss.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Dec. 2025
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Accompanied by her young son Israel, Owens went across the street to Lorincz's residence that evening to retrieve a tablet Israel claimed that Lorincz, who'd repeatedly hassled and called the police on the neighborhood children for years, had stolen from him.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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The police hassled him and other migrant workers.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Feb. 2022
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“Dunned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunned. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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