How to Use annoyance in a Sentence

annoyance

noun
  • She expressed annoyance at the slow service.
  • At night, however, the blue light could become an annoyance.
    Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • There’s a lot of feelings around getting your period: annoyance, pain, relief — joy, even.
    Refinery29 Staff, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • On Earth, dust is regarded as an annoyance that needs to be cleaned up.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • For many people, the impending swarms may be a source of annoyance or even fear.
    Dwight Weingarten, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 May 2021

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