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Examples of vexing in a Sentence
the constantly changing schedule was somewhat vexing, but I coped
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This is one of those vexing questions, with which people in responsible offices, right now, have to deal.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Apr. 2024
While renewing the annual local government grants to deal with what Californians view as one of the state’s most vexing problems, Newsom imposed two new layers of state oversight for homelessness programs.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Once the difficult triage work of bringing the violence to a halt, ensuring the return of all hostages, and restoring some level of stability to Gaza is complete, the world community must prioritize a genuine political resolution to this most vexing and intractable of conflicts.
—Ziad Asali, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
As the city expanded, under both Spanish and Mexican rule, engineers wrestled with a vexing question: how to curb the often-catastrophic floods that regularly inundated the city, typically between May and October.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Finally, this history helps explain perhaps the most vexing aspect of Rwanda to those looking on from outside: Mr. Kagame’s longevity in office and Rwandans’ apparent consent to it.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
The Biden administration thus faces the vexing problem of having its most important policy goal regarding the Gaza crisis challenged and perhaps derailed by its primary regional partner.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
In fact, fossil smuggling out of Brazil remains a vexing problem for authorities.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Essentially, the team used more and better data to come to the same vexing conclusion that motivated its quest in the first place.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Apr. 2024
While renewing the annual local government grants to deal with what Californians view as one of the state’s most vexing problems, Newsom imposed two new layers of state oversight for homelessness programs.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Once the difficult triage work of bringing the violence to a halt, ensuring the return of all hostages, and restoring some level of stability to Gaza is complete, the world community must prioritize a genuine political resolution to this most vexing and intractable of conflicts.
—Ziad Asali, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
As the city expanded, under both Spanish and Mexican rule, engineers wrestled with a vexing question: how to curb the often-catastrophic floods that regularly inundated the city, typically between May and October.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Finally, this history helps explain perhaps the most vexing aspect of Rwanda to those looking on from outside: Mr. Kagame’s longevity in office and Rwandans’ apparent consent to it.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
The Biden administration thus faces the vexing problem of having its most important policy goal regarding the Gaza crisis challenged and perhaps derailed by its primary regional partner.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
In fact, fossil smuggling out of Brazil remains a vexing problem for authorities.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Essentially, the team used more and better data to come to the same vexing conclusion that motivated its quest in the first place.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
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“Vexing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vexing. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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