How to Use annoying in a Sentence

annoying

adjective
  • Return to a more innocent, yet still creepy time, and a wretched, annoying tune here.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 20 July 2022
  • Plus, how to feel better fast if your symptoms are really annoying.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Nov. 2024
  • What’s the harm? Besides being annoying, robotexts also post a threat.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 23 July 2022
  • Few things are more annoying than coming home from your weekend trip or outdoor happy hour covered in mosquito bites.
    Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 14 July 2022
  • That’s because our brains have an annoying habit called hedonic adaptation.
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Wearing shapewear shorts or a piece that has shorts attached under your outfit can help prevent annoying chafing which can cause pain and discomfort.
    Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2022
  • Everyone knows how annoying — and dangerous — robocalls can be.
    Ebony Williams, ajc, 22 July 2022
  • At best, these marketing campaigns are like disruptive and annoying YouTube ads.
    Benny Lakunishok, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • In other words, pleasing Wall Street is going to mean angering, or at least annoying, customers.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 21 July 2022
  • But more recently there have been other issues, such as one that is highly annoying: vanishing data in the Apple Notes app.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The glossy non-touch LCD is reflective enough to occasionally be annoying.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 24 July 2022
  • The annoying result, for believers like me: The single payments had no discernible positive effect.
    Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 13 July 2022
  • Those of us who are basically translucent are quite familiar with this annoying ritual, though our more swarthy companions should also pay attention.
    cleveland, 18 July 2022
  • His underground escape capabilities are exhausting, and his underground chomp ult to take you either miles away from the fight or directly into the rest of his team is deeply annoying.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Because, usually, the enjoyable gets annoying too — like the Hawk Tuah girl becoming a media darling.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Even more annoying: what does this mean for the two (yes!
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Keep in Mind: The cap doesn’t include a nozzle and can be annoying to apply to the grill.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2023

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