How to Use nuisance in a Sentence

nuisance

noun

• For the past two decades, the U.S. has dismissed the Houthis as a nuisance.
  — Kenneth M. Pollack and Katherine Zimmerman, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2024
• The program feels much less like a check-the-box nuisance.
  — Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• In May, a special unit was formed to crack down on the nuisances.
  — Jenna Carlesso, Courant Community, 8 June 2018
• For now, the ash seems to be more of a nuisance, rather than a severe threat.
  — Fox News, 19 May 2018
• If the judge agrees, the court could issue an order to stop the nuisance.
  — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2022
• The simple way to avoid the nuisance is to check out the full article.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 May 2021
• The one with the baristas who are helpful, but not a nuisance.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 30 May 2018
• The new guy, Sadik thought, treated him like a nuisance.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Smith was in and out of jail as a public nuisance and, at the end, for treason.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
• Appealing to one’s co-op board can be a nuisance even in the best of times.
  — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 20 Jan. 2021
• On the whole, the bushels of tree nuts falling from the sky doesn't mean much more than a nuisance for humans.
  — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2021
• Beavers are treated like a nuisance throughout much of the state.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Aug. 2020
• And the non-native animals have long been a nuisance in the area.
  — Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2021
• But the reality is that the much bigger nuisance is not the heat, but the cold.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2022
• Either way, time could be running out for the shell of a nuisance.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
• On chip blocks, Smith climbs well enough to be a nuisance for linebackers.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• Klein said a bird attack may be just a nuisance to some.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2021
• Between the war and the cancer, the hearing is just a minor nuisance.
  — David Klion, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
• Keep in Mind The cap has a habit of popping off when in use—not a big deal, just a minor nuisance.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
• Ants are a common nuisance in households around the world.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2018
• Most squirrels find a way to make a nuisance of themselves.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2021
• Our block has no street lights, and the nuisance of light trespass doesn’t affect us in the slightest.
  — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2018
• James could prove to be a real nuisance against a frail Saints defence.
  — SI.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• This is not the first time that the city has declared a piece of property to be a public nuisance.
  — Laura Bednar, cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021
• Those fish will turn up on the coast and be a nuisance for an undetermined amount of time.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2018
• My first impulse is no longer to destroy those that might be a nuisance.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2021
• Ants are far more than just a nuisance for picnics and pantries, Bertelsmeier points out.
  — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 27 June 2017
• Ants are far more than just a nuisance for picnics and pantries, Bertelsmeier points out.
  — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017
• And that sort of lends itself to the nuisance issues that vacant houses have, too.
  — Meghan Pryce, baltimoresun.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• Many denizens see them as a noisy and disgusting nuisance.
  — Sameer Rao, baltimoresun.com, 31 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Apr 2024