How to Use annoyance in a Sentence

annoyance

noun

• She expressed annoyance at the slow service.
• Aside from the annoyance of spam calls and junk mail, this was the year of the largest data breach in Texas.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 1 July 2021
• The control panel at the top of the fridge may be a source of annoyance for some buyers.
  — Zach Epstein, BGR, 28 Aug. 2021
• For some viewers, the change in pace will come as an annoyance.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2022
• Kim just laughed and made her annoyance with the Weir siblings plain.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2021
• But the spam is more than just an annoyance; it can also be weaponized.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
• Even Monday’s win over the Spurs was two and a half quarters of annoyance.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
• As a result, the movie opens with a blast of muddy annoyance.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 May 2021
• And Quinn, for the rare time, is not dreadful annoyance to us as readers.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
• The volume change is the biggest annoyance on this list.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2022
• Within hours, Sabit was again in front of Wang, who glared at her with annoyance.
  — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
• 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
• Stuck in a tie on the scoreboard, the guard from Westlake found his 3-point shot despite that annoyance.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2022
• 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
• The annoyance is small; his line about the helicopters is sharp and silly.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Most of us will approach the emergence of Brood X with avoidance and annoyance.
  — Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 2 May 2021
• The full extent of that annoyance, however, would take a while to gauge.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2021
• One, Shanahan has avoided the cliche of annoyance at the media.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021
• There was a heavy police presence throughout the march, often to the annoyance of marchers.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2021
• For some, ringing in the ears is a minor annoyance that doesn't affect their day-to-day or that goes away with time.
  — Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
• As 4:30 came and went, back in the courtroom, the lawyers and the defendant stirred with casual annoyance.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 31 May 2024
• In Benin City, there is certainly annoyance with the tenor of the discussion.
  — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• The hinge of the original Fold didn't lay flat, which is more of a visual annoyance than anything else.
  — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
• But then there are the annoyances that truly seem created for the sole purpose of annoying.
  — Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
• Another minor annoyance is that the on-screen text is pretty small.
  — PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024