How to Use annoying in a Sentence

annoying

adjective

• What’s the most annoying hip-hop trend of the last 50 years?
  — Spin Staff, Spin, 23 Aug. 2023
• What’s the most annoying hip-hop trend of the last 50 years, and why?
  — Spin Staff, Spin, 15 Sep. 2023
• Hey, maybe the phone would even block out that annoying light.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
• The man could be mean, scary, creepy or even just annoying.
  — oregonlive, 4 July 2023
• Along with fruit flies, gnats, and fleas, these tiny bugs can be very annoying.
  — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 July 2023
• Keep in Mind The website has a lot of popups that can be annoying.
  — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• All work has pleasure and pain, and a lot of it is boring and annoying.
  — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Some make a steady clicking or whirring sound, which can be annoying — most often to the adults in the house.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• Keep in Mind: The cap doesn’t include a nozzle and can be annoying to apply to the grill.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2023
• This bra does not fold over or create an annoying crease at the top.
  — Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 26 June 2023
• And the jokes come in three flavors: broad, broader and annoying.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• Read more advice from Tatum Hunter on how to fight back against annoying spam texts.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• There’s nothing more annoying than a pair of leggings that won’t stay in place.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
• Sure, a chipped or sharp nail can be annoying, and these can ease that frustration in one swift clip.
  — Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024
• Sure, the paparazzi are annoying, but that’s a small price to pay for Football-level fame.
  — Ellis Rosen, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
• United Airlines has a plan to fix one of the most annoying parts of travel: boarding.
  — Alison Sider, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• As for lemon or lime, recall that the original recipe, in a precious and annoying tic of the early 1900s, had both.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
• One of the most annoying aspects of buying a bike online is the assembly.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
• Few things are as annoying as running out of battery on your phone in the middle of the day (or worse, in the middle of a festival).
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 12 May 2023
• But there are few things more annoying than having water stuck in your ear.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
• And once the sun goes down, the problem shifts to mosquito swarms and other annoying warm-weather pests.
  — Kelly Dawson, House Beautiful, 6 July 2023
• The cushioned footbeds are great for active kids or long days at school, and the seamless toe design means there are no annoying bumps.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024
• Plus — leaping in like this is annoying, plain and simple!
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
• That’s not the only fix for something annoying in the patch, however.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• This is gonna be an annoying answer, but every city is sort of in a different place.
  — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 14 June 2023
• Jesse was her annoying older brother, the one who couldn’t eat seafood, who had a little bit of an angry streak.
  — AZCentral.com, 26 June 2023
• Bug sprays are a safe and effective way to keep away annoying pests and prevent insect bites.
  — Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
• Some friends will think gifts and check-ins are annoying, though, and will tend the sick person’s garden instead, or take their recycling bins to and from the street.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• And here’s a tip from me: There’s nothing more annoying than a fantasy team owner who doesn’t care.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
• Then one day Thomas Wolfe actually came back and ate the boy, because the boy was an annoying husband.
  — John Hodgman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024