How to Use annoyance in a Sentence

annoyance

noun

• She expressed annoyance at the slow service.
• Even Monday’s win over the Spurs was two and a half quarters of annoyance.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
• And Quinn, for the rare time, is not dreadful annoyance to us as readers.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
• In this space, these new creators aren’t just seen as an annoyance.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
• Sometimes the best way to handle an annoyance, to truly get over it, is to kvetch about it.
  — Kelcie Pegher, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• And dirt can be an annoyance, too — some sprays can help protect against grime.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2023
• Her one expressed grief, about a tragedy now years in the past, cannot stand up to George’s million pesky, present annoyances.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• With mild annoyance, B.T. began to play with him yet again.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
• Grant’s horse pressed Rufus’s bay to pick up the pace, its tail switching with annoyance.
  — Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
• Then there are the minor annoyances: a seat that felt subpar to some of us, a behind-the-times dash, and a silly 85-mph speedo.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
• In Benin City, there is certainly annoyance with the tenor of the discussion.
  — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• On Earth, dust is regarded as an annoyance that needs to be cleaned up.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
• Here's some food for thought: Why not have a third or fourth nation share the role of being an annoyance to China?
  — Michael Mazza, National Review, 20 Oct. 2023
• My main annoyance is that the parents choose to be so oblivious.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
• The boom can be heard and felt on the ground, causing annoyance and damage to people and property.
  — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
• Hex and Tommo are best friends, and one day they’re headed for the rope swing that hangs above a creek in the wood when, to their annoyance, a young girl trails after them.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
• While just a few hours earlier, the rain may have felt like an annoyance, the gentle patter of rain on the tent set a cozy backdrop for the event.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2024
• Daniel Valle pulled out his target map, feeling a swell of annoyance.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
• And that's not to mention the annoyance of the proximity to the lavatory and galley.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2023
• Nebraska, to the annoyance of the medical staff, was back again.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 12 Sep. 2022
• And here is a fuller, more honest picture: an intense, throbbing sense of annoyance as the pain around my eye blooms.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2023
• Girls complain of being weighed down, at times with feigned annoyance.
  — Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• What are the best strategies people in Ohio can use for reducing the huge annoyance of robocalls and spam calls?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 July 2022
• Leaving too early can be seen as a snub to the host, while lingering around too long may cause annoyance.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
• Research tells us that changing our clocks burdens us with a host of health and safety problems, on top of the annoyances.
  — TIME, 9 Mar. 2024
• Huge file sizes don’t have to be an annoyance, however.
  — Saira Mueller, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2023
• It’s a saving grace of the annoyance of shooting movies, which is such an unnatural thing to do.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 1 Oct. 2022
• Disney+ is wisely deciding to launch the series with those first three episodes because the level of annoyance if the show rolled out one-at-a-time would have been epic.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2022
• Here's what to know about these creatures, and how to prevent them from causing further annoyance.
  — Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
• Much to Chaplin’s annoyance, he was also ordered to pay the fees of the opposing counsel.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024