Irritation
in sentence
124 examples of Irritation in a sentence
As the Nobel laureate economist Daniel Kahneman recently observed of Britain’s Leave camp, “The arguments look odd: they look short-term and based on
irritation
and anger.”
When states preach virtues they do not practice, or set lower hurdles for allies, trading partners, or co-religionists than they do for others,
irritation
and non-cooperation are the least they can expect.
The Japan-US alliance is an
irritation
to the Chinese, who would like the US to get out of the way, in order to be Asia’s dominant player.
America's
irritation
with some of its European allies - Tony Blair's UK being the noticeable exception - is understandable.
Germany’s decision in June to phase out nuclear power by 2022 has provoked
irritation
among its pro-nuclear neighbors.
India’s worries and frustrations in Afghanistan and Pakistan translate into a mixture of disillusion and
irritation
with an America that, seen from New Delhi, allows itself to be manipulated by Pakistani officials.
To my occasional irritation, many people still wonder what exactly the Northern Powerhouse is.
This tale is further underlined by the growing role of "the street," of demonstrations of public
irritation
focusing on particular issues but really directed against unchallenged governments.
But holding 300 Lebanese and nearly 10,000 Palestinians – all of the first group and many of the second group without charge or trial – has proven to be a major source of
irritation
to the Arab peoples of the region.
Then there are cases of stridency or severe
irritation.
Yet the charge of supporting Uighur terrorism, even if leveled only by local Chinese officials, reflects China’s
irritation
with Pakistan’s inability to contain the cross-border movement of some Uighur separatists.
But, coupled with mutual irritation, which is particularly strong in Russia, closing the gap is becoming much harder.
In my book Antifragile, I tell people what I do, not what they should do, to the great
irritation
of the literary critics.
These jitters contributed to the support they gave to the US position on Iraq, which in turn provoked the
irritation
of some Western European leaders and the decline of public support in the member states for EU enlargement.
That perceived combination of arrogance and ridicule fans
irritation
into rage and revenge fantasies.
A swaggering bully in the White House raises the level of
irritation.
'Well then, draw the birds and stuff them with nettles,' said he in a trembling voice to Philip, trying not to look at Veslovsky; 'and ask at least for some milk for me.'Later on, when he had satisfied his hunger with the milk, he felt ashamed of having shown annoyance to a stranger, and he began laughing at his hungry
irritation.
Although Anna spoke playfully,
irritation
was perceptible in her tone.
The
irritation
which divided them had no tangible cause, and all attempts at an explanation not only failed to clear it away but increased it.
It was an inner irritation, caused on her side by a diminution of his love for her, and on his by regret that for her sake he had placed himself in a distressing situation, which she, instead of trying to alleviate, made still harder.
Neither of them spoke of the cause of their irritation, but each thought the other in the wrong, and at every opportunity tried to prove that this was so.
Then, realizing that in her attempt to quiet herself she had again completed the circle she had already gone round so often, and had returned to her former cause of irritation, she was horror-struck at herself.
And not to continue thinking, and not to yield to irritation, she rang and ordered her trunks to be brought, to pack their things for the country.
An increasing
irritation
detached Madame Hennebeau, who had been brought up to respect money, and was disdainful of this husband who gained a small salary with such difficulty, and who enabled her to gratify none of the satisfactions of vanity which she had dreamed of at school.
And she only made a sweeping gesture of impatience and
irritation.
The need to kill seized him irresistibly, a physical need, like the
irritation
of mucus which causes a violent spasm of coughing.
I detected a controlled
irritation
in these words.
Sometimes Emma tucked the red borders of his under-vest unto his waistcoat, rearranged his cravat, and threw away the dirty gloves he was going to put on; and this was not, as he fancied, for himself; it was for herself, by a diffusion of egotism, of nervous
irritation.
While she was considering him thus, tasting in her
irritation
a sort of depraved pleasure, Leon made a step forward.
And on a gesture of
irritation
from Monsieur Bournisien—"Ah! you'll admit that it is not a book to place in the hands of a young girl, and I should be sorry if Athalie—""But it is the Protestants, and not we," cried the other impatiently, "who recommend the Bible."
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