Example sentences for: irksome

How can you use “irksome” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Every kind of labour is irksome to him.

  • The most irksome aspects of Disney's $140 million spectacle: its jingoism, ear-splitting sound effects, trite one-liners, and unlikely premise--the planet's fate rests with redneck oil drillers.

  • Her magazines and TV shows retain just enough nonsense to make them irksome ("sew your own pashmina from home-raised llamas," and the like), but she supplies valuable instruction about the mundane tasks of life.

  • Even the irksome ivy by the front door looked good indoors.

  • In an editorial Wednesday, France's most influential newspaper, Le Monde of Paris, described Germany's support of the United States as "simply traditional" but said British Prime Minister Tony Blair's "stentorian position" was more irksome to Europe.


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