How to Use irk in a Sentence

irk

verb

• It irks me to have to clean up after you.
• Drivers were irked by the higher gasoline prices.
• One of the things that irks me, people talk about the war in Ukraine.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
• Green Day rang in the new year by irking the richest man in the world.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• Spicer’s longevity on the show seemed to irk Judge Len Goodman the most.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• Here began a pattern that irked Joplin for the rest of his life.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
• These gloomy forecasts alone would have been enough to irk Trump.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
• But the very suggestion of the format change has been enough to irk some.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
• Her insouciance seems to at once irk and fascinate the rest of the cast.
  — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
• If this irks you, give the bag a shake halfway through the cook time, after 12–14 minutes.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 11 July 2023
• That allegedly irked the Spartans, who asked for the same amount of time off, but were turned down.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Adding a role to the list could irk Tesla shareholders.
  — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022
• But the question now — the question that will irk Harbaugh and his coaching staff in the days to come — is at what cost?
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2021
• Today, Javier is 51, with a square jaw, a soft smile and a sort of self-help guru vibe, which irked me at first.
  — John J. Lennon, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
• Caped Crusaders, and the villains who irk them, fill screens every year.
  — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2022
• But the on-stage denial seemed to irk Warren, who may have felt that this live TV callout breached their pact.
  — Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2020
• Aiyuk was irked that his coach that week in practice pulled him off kickoff and punt returns.
  — Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• So the question is not whether there will be slips or missteps that will irk observers during the evening, but how many.
  — Gordon Cox, Variety, 24 Sep. 2021
• In some cases, though, the Giants have pushed the game forward in ways that irk their opponents.
  — New York Times, 24 Apr. 2022
• This was a one-time joke designed to irk our most gullible and obsessive readers.
  — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
• The vastness of space has never been more vivid, even if some of the details may have irked our resident space purists.
  — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2019
• The fact that the A’s are moving to Sacramento, of all cities, especially irked some fans.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
• There are many misconceptions about gluten-free food, but the one that irks me the most is the idea that gluten-free baked goods have the taste and texture of cardboard.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
• That irks readers, who have been prolific in emails to make their grievances known.
  — Cquinn, cleveland, 22 July 2023
• He was irked when a woman came to a public talk and argued that they should be restituted.
  — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023
• These are big issues of the kind that tend to irk credit rating companies.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• At the time, cultured meat seemed to irk most on a fundamental level.
  — Gabe Toner, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• Dear Carolyn: My mostly wonderful boyfriend has a few habits that irk me, e.g. being late all the time.
  — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
• The paltry sum irked Bezos, the people say, and made him even more determined to try something new.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
• On one hand, some residents complain that the celebrity couple want to create a large lake for recreational open-water swimming and have been irked by the noise and mess caused by the excavation work.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024