Words similar to irritate

Example sentences for: irritate

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

When Nields used proceeds , he was passing up a chance to irritate or challenge North, for the connotations are completely different.
--mentally ill, and that charging money to see him alternately irritate and infantilize his audiences was the modern equivalent of Bedlam.
Arendt's conception of the public was phrased in quasimilitaristic language almost expressly designed to irritate feminists (it didn't, but only because they had stopped listening).
Risks of infection with S. aureus may also depend on environmental processes that enhance the ability of sewage sludges to irritate the skin and respiratory tract.
Which is fine, because wipes that are too wet must then be followed up with several dry-cloth swipes, which can irritate the skin.