How to Use annoy in a Sentence

annoy

verb

• It’s poised to baffle and annoy a lot of audiences, but those who can go along for the ride won’t regret it.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 18 May 2018
• The report said the mailings annoyed and confused some voters.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
• But when people start to disparage Western medicine, that annoys me.
  — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 22 May 2018
• Friends who visit complain about the shops (and many restaurants) being closed on Sundays, which annoyed me during my first years too.
  — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2018
• The fact that standards of hair removal have been associated with a certain gender is annoying to me.
  — Allure, 9 May 2018
• To annoy the Qataris even more, the Saudis would also turn part of the frontier into a nuclear-waste dump.
  — The Economist, 17 May 2018
• In response, Eureka owns her loudness and over-the-topness and tendency to annoy.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 3 May 2018
• The Dad got annoyed at first but seemed to give up fighting over it with all the kids respectfully persuading him to accept having a driver.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
• Brown was particularly annoyed after picking up his fourth and fifth fouls within a couple of possessions.
  — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 7 May 2018
• Midges are rising up from Lake Michigan like squadrons of tiny fighter jets, annoying humans unlucky enough to pass through a cloud of the buzzing critters.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2018
• Next was a smallish skate that came up in the typical hauling-up-a-dead-body fashion that annoys saltwater fishermen everywhere.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2018
• Far too many bicycle commuters today ignore traffic signals, weave in and out of traffic, and otherwise annoy everyone else using the roadways.
  — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2018
• AirAsia’s operations in its home country are among its most lucrative, which explains why its boss is now desperate to appease Malaysians annoyed by his antics.
  — The Economist, 16 May 2018
• Lows range from the mid-20s to near 30, which is sure to annoy all the blooming plants.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
• The whole bit with the crystal ball Disa buys annoyed me.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• The opposing coach that seems to annoy me the most is James Franklin.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2020
• At the same time, Epps was annoyed by all the resources that were used to escort him.
  — Camila Dechalus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Clippers won 48 games last season and annoyed the life out of the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs.
  — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
• The nights start at about 9 p.m. while the sky is still light and are over by midnight, to not annoy the neighbors.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2020
• 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
• Is there a world in which my cat is not annoying me right now?
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
• 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
• From the inside the split rear glass is annoying in the rear view mirror.
  — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
• The object thrown at the Queens icon clearly annoyed her.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024
• On one of these cups, Cupid tugs the male centaur’s hair to annoy him.
  — Melik Kaylan, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
• While that will lead to less waste, this shift and the price jump may annoy plenty of people.
  — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2020
• The security guards were annoyed, and the fans did not care.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• These throngs from the western part of the city tended to annoy East Berliners.
  — Time, 12 Nov. 2019
• My husband of three years has a few habits that annoy and frustrate me.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024