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verb

present participle of vex
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of vexing
Adjective
The details of such an agreement could prove vexing, of course. Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 Timing one’s necessary exit from power is, of course, one of life’s most vexing conundrums and Biden hardly is alone in blowing the moment. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025 Over in Montecito-lot, chronic vexing issues ranging from the existential (whither Harry at 40?) to trademark matters (whither American Riviera Orchard?) landed the Sussexes in third (19 percent). airmail.news, 14 Sep. 2024 Product returns and exchanges have been a vexing (and expensive) problem for a long time and no one should be surprised that rates continues to grow. Steve Dennis, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for vexing 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vexing
Adjective
  • For the last three weeks, Democrats up and down the seniority list have been stuck playing an especially frustrating game of Whac-a-Mole: smack the outrage of the hour and then race to hit the next one, never quite leveling the field.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Unfortunately, the setup process is frustrating compared with the competition, as are the site-building tools.
    Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • CenturyLink hasn't broken its annoying habit of leaving customers without service for weeks or months and repeatedly failing to show up for repair appointments.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
  • These evergreen monocultures, originally planted as lumber during the country’s postwar building boom, cause annoying seasonal allergies and dangerous erosion that leads to mudslides.
    Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Cover irritating clothing seams with a smooth material such as silk to avoid abrasive irritation.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2025
  • At Abercrombie & Fitch Packed with conditioning and hydrating castor oil, argan oil & coconut oil, this eyelash & brow growth serum will help promote the appearance of longer, fuller looking lashes and brows without the use of irritating or harmful ingredients.
    refinery29.com, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But even for Ye, his abrupt public embrace of antisemitism and counterintuitive right-wing political rhetoric, resulting in his bringing avowed white nationalist Nick Fuentes to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, has been disturbing.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
  • During the investigation, other facility staff showed deputies a disturbing video that was sent to them in a group chat from Rice.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Rodin Cars The big idea behind Rodin is to build cars without bothering about vehicle regulations – in stark contrast to F1 cars, which are subject to several rules around how they're put together.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The city and state have also been ramping up efforts to engage troubled vagrants sleeping and sometimes bothering straphangers, connecting them with services and shelter and potentially involuntary treatment.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The International Monetary Fund cited a number of contributing factors that led to a global cost-of-living crisis in its annual report last year, including the pandemic and climate change, which disrupted food and supply chains, in addition to geopolitical conflict’s aggravating the problems.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But he was sidelined with a groin injury late in training camp and apparently returned too soon, aggravating the injury in Week 2 and then being held out until Week 9.
    Phil Rogers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Vexing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vexing. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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