How to Use annoying in a Sentence
annoying
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Even more annoying: what does this mean for the two (yes!
— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024 -
Tired of long, annoying, and pricey commutes to the office?
— Alena Botros, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022 -
The cameras aren’t great, the software can be a little annoying, and so on.
— Christian De Looper, BGR, 19 Oct. 2022 -
The second fix is the more annoying one for anyone who loves their social media action.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Sep. 2022 -
Even to this day, the loudest, most annoying blowing comes from this commercial work, Kiser told me.
— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024 -
Talking in the train car is not banned, but if your voice is loud enough to be heard by the people around you, it is considered annoying and rude.
— Crista Priscilla, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2022 -
Mitchell cites notions that the show is boring, annoying, sugary and even dangerous.
— Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2022 -
The Bottom Line All over the place, in ways both intriguing and annoying.
— Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024 -
But in our inboxes and on our phones, democracy is becoming annoying — and dangerous.
— Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022 -
Oh, his mother and father might pretend to care, their voices slipping into that annoying tone of Miles indulgence, like his face was a cue card or something.
— David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022 -
Here 12-year-old Darby is both charming and annoying, petulant and compassionate.
— Amy Julia Becker, Time, 5 Oct. 2022 -
The ending is drawn out, too, which only gives more stage time for the Thenadiers, two characters that some in the audience (narrator: me) might find more annoying than amusing.
— Joey Morona, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022 -
Birch pulled at heartstrings as little Dani, who went from annoying little sister to everyone's favorite and sassiest character.
— Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022 -
Incorporate it into your skin cycling regimen instead of using it every night to avoid any annoying irritation and flaking.
— Devon Abelman, Allure, 17 Oct. 2022 -
There are few things more annoying and potentially life-threatening than unmanaged chronic inflammation.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022 -
Rebooting the broadband modem fixed everything, but the entire situation was annoying.
— Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 29 Sep. 2022 -
Even more annoying, the original women saw a new group of females arrive, with evident hopes of snagging the attentions of the guys who had previously been paired up with the original women.
— oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2022 -
What’s the most annoying hip-hop trend of the last 50 years?
— Spin Staff, Spin, 23 Aug. 2023 -
What’s the most annoying hip-hop trend of the last 50 years, and why?
— Spin Staff, Spin, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Hey, maybe the phone would even block out that annoying light.
— WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023 -
The man could be mean, scary, creepy or even just annoying.
— oregonlive, 4 July 2023 -
The noise was so loud and annoying that the Forbes Field management banned him from the park.
— John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2022 -
But doing so on the iPhone 14 Pro is, to be blunt, annoying.
— Yoni Heisler, BGR, 26 Oct. 2022 -
More annoying appears to be the impact on players' habits at the plate and on the mound.
— Michael Shapiro, Chron, 3 Mar. 2023 -
Along with fruit flies, gnats, and fleas, these tiny bugs can be very annoying.
— Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 July 2023 -
Protests will erupt that seem cringe, annoying, and dumb.
— Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 20 Oct. 2022 -
Keep in Mind The website has a lot of popups that can be annoying.
— Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023 -
All work has pleasure and pain, and a lot of it is boring and annoying.
— Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023 -
Andy is not holding these ladies feet to the fire & its annoying af.
— Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022 -
Some make a steady clicking or whirring sound, which can be annoying — most often to the adults in the house.
— Jessica Hartshorn, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 Apr. 2023
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