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Example sentences for: irritates

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

But the charge that irritates me most is arrogance.
This irritates her immensely.
Ellis' latest novel of ennui and anomie among America's beautiful people irritates reviewers to varying degrees.
The nanny, by comparison, can be trusted to control the children, but her constant presence irritates the children and slows down the shoot.
Which leads me to: a prig “irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree,” while a pedant “unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation of knowledge.”