How to Use annoy in a Sentence

annoy

verb

• Lows range from the mid-20s to near 30, which is sure to annoy all the blooming plants.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
• At the same time, Epps was annoyed by all the resources that were used to escort him.
  — Camila Dechalus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• Telling your car to change the heat or radio tends to annoy drivers.
  — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
• In the end, what annoys me the most is that Apple took so long to adopt for the iPhone the cable used by the rest of the gadget world.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
• Think of it as welcoming in a new year that hasn’t yet had a chance to annoy us.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• The security guards were annoyed, and the fans did not care.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• Which explains a lot about why teenagers who twirl their hair or squirm in their seats at the movies annoy the rest of us.
  — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
• But with some new changes YouTube is rolling out to the video streaming platform, the words will do more than just annoy you.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
• It’s been here two days and has already made a mess and my neighbor is annoyed by the barking.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
• The patron using the machine, a woman in plaid pants and a tight black shirt, had annoyed the witch.
  — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• There are a lot of reasons tech can annoy you while working.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
• As Kraus welcomed the crowd toward the end of the event, the Grinch jumped up on the podium and started to annoy the mayor – all in good fun.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
• Pinocchio grows his nose, but just to annoy Geppetto, and kills the Cricket in a fit of rage.
  — Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022
• And then, something crucial happened that annoyed her at the time.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Feb. 2024
• Lance Winters seems like a nice guy, but some of his comments could annoy beer lovers.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
• The film does have a few problems that will annoy some fans, however.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Jan. 2022
• Elon Musk has plenty of online foes, but no one seems to annoy him quite like Jack Sweeney.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2022
• Don’t wrestle with Cummings; his word play is not to annoy.
  — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 4 May 2021
• Most people just want a car that's nice and affordable and doesn't annoy them.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 1 Oct. 2022
• But the placement of the Washington Monument is off just enough to annoy me.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2021
• Lucifer’s shaken to learn that God won’t be around to annoy him anymore.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 May 2021
• However, the fact the Giants challenged in the first place annoyed Rojas and his teammates.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• Nunn told me that, on his first few days there, in February, he was annoyed at how good and inventive the food was.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
• The split-the-baby route — a common Bass tactic — managed to annoy both factions.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• Not worth it, to risk annoying your husband over a trifle.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• In other words, moral rebels can annoy the rest of us into joining them.
  — Michelle Nijhuis, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
• Polling indicates that voters are annoyed by the chaos.
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• My partner is currently annoyed, but that will turn to anger within the next 48 hours.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
• But the good doctor isn't repeating this advice just to annoy you.
  — Sonya Collins, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2022
• Some stars would be annoyed that their teammate kept shooting through a miserable slump with the season on the line.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024