inconveniencing 1 of 2

present participle of inconvenience

inconveniencing

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inconveniencing
Adjective
No one forced them to expand to the West Coast, inconveniencing coaches, players and fans of 14 other schools. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Need someone to absorb your wife’s anger over that extramarital affair without inconveniencing your mistress? Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconveniencing
Verb
  • The picture, posted on the club’s Instagram account, showed Bellingham suspended in mid-air, with a purple elastic band around the sole of his boots and holding a kettlebell weighing around 14 kilograms (31lb).
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That outcome was hoped for, but not guaranteed, and this early evidence that gene therapy doesn’t preclude future use of devices surely offers comfort to parents who may one day be weighing several options for their infant.
    Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • An annoying, biker beast blasted out of my bowels onto the page and became the not-so-invisible embodiment of my disease.
    David Soren, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In any case, this costume would probably go over best with a crowd of theater kids and/or people who are annoying about movies, also known as the exact Venn Diagram that is the staff of Them dot us.
    James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The dog recognizes that something is amiss, but isn’t capable of understanding what’s really bothering Todd.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The injury that will sideline Herro to begin this season is one that had been bothering him for a few months.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Juries later convicted Crawford in both cases, with the earlier rape conviction serving as an aggravating factor during his capital murder trial.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Mears said the victim's age, 69, could be considered an aggravating factor and might lead to a tougher punishment if Sanchez is convicted.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • China is poised to win great swathes of the booming European EV market and that is troubling the automakers.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Yet most fans do not care unduly about what a squad costs and while sound financial management is welcomed, the strength of the team is the thing that is troubling them right now.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This ensures smooth energy transfer without disturbing the lake’s ecosystem.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • His landscapes are muddy and void, prone to sudden invasion by disturbing strangers, including the giant whale carcass that arrives on a train at the beginning of his 1989 novel, The Melancholy of Resistance.
    Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had another frustrating game with three interceptions in the one-score loss.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sure, Riley’s first three seasons with the Trojans have been largely underwhelming — and a last-second loss to Illinois was the sort of defeat that’s become all too familiar and all too frustrating for the fan base — but USC’s coach is far too expensive to fire.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last year, Vandy was a fun upstart story after upsetting Alabama, while IU was the CFP interloper in Curt Cignetti’s first season with the Hoosiers.
    Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Nor can Northwestern, for that matter, after upsetting Penn State.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025

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