How to Use aggravation in a Sentence

aggravation

noun
  • I don't need all this aggravation.
  • I don't need all these aggravations.
  • This car has caused me nothing but aggravation.
  • Many talented people now feel that a career in politics isn't worth all the aggravation.
  • Take your time and do things right the first time, and save yourself aggravation.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
  • Senga cited the risk of injury — pitching with bad mechanics could lead to further aggravation and his shoulder has long since healed from his early spring training injury.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024
  • One of these is aggravation of the nerves of the inner foot and ankle.
    Jordan Duncan, Outside Online, 12 May 2021
  • Make sure the aloe comes direct from the plant, or is fragrance-free, to avoid aggravation to the skin.
    Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 6 July 2020
  • The man is in a constant state of aggravation, and that's why many of his actions seem to make no sense.
    Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine, 11 May 2017
  • How in the world, amid all this struggle and aggravation, will Bears players find a way to stay locked in?
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • It's not known if this injury is a re-aggravation of the old one or a new injury.
    Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • This kind of aggravation stays with him all night and maybe even into the next day if the traffic is bad again.
    Ellie Delano, Woman's Day, 8 Sep. 2011
  • But the aggravation and fear are far from the only problem.
    Cassie Werber, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Yet this teensy dot of ink can sure cause a lot of aggravation.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
  • As a source of aggravation, the NBA’s salary cap never fails to provide.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 2022
  • But this adds a whole extra element of aggravation, the, the, the, all of the nonsense that these cheap airlines do.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • With that in mind, here is some advice to limit the aggravation.
    John Meyer, The Know, 16 Jan. 2020
  • And, to put it lightly, the aggravation in the Kremlin increased.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The aggravation of a bad commute could be hurting your health big time.
    David Carrig, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Where the Mets have endured the most aggravation, perhaps, is in the effects of their injuries.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 3 May 2017
  • The past two games have been an exercise in aggravation for the Wild with the man advantage.
    Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • And the aggravation Bears fans have felt from the team’s letdowns has been mirrored inside the locker room.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • It’s so easy to do and saves a lot of aggravation when trying to remove your license.
    Washington Post, 21 June 2021
  • The aggravation comes when cows fight back against the prompt to walk, Kahler said, sometimes head-butting, pulling away from, or stepping on the feet of their handler.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
  • Takk McKinley is also day-to-day with an aggravation of the groin injury that kept him out of the Steelers game.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2021
  • And so, the following is a dozen random tips and hacks to save you time, money, and aggravation.
    Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 5 June 2021
  • Still, the changes have not been without some aggravation.
    Matthew Barakat, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • Two people end up in pain—one with aches, the second with aggravation.
    Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Our trip was born from the sort of desperate aggravation only the parents of a 14-year-old boy can feel.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Through no fault of your own, this might have cost you money, time and aggravation — and put you at risk of identity theft.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023

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