Example sentences for: irritating

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

  • Nor were insects ignored: the habitually irritating were either Zampaglione (the Calabrian word for mosquito), or Mosca (fly), Moscone (blue-bottle fly), or some variant (including Mussolini , which, as we have seen, could be a diminutive of Giacomo ).

  • Prudie also suspects that your husband's prior bride may have snagged some fabulous presents, thereby irritating you because you feel--correctly--that people will not spring for two terrific presents within a short period of time.

  • It's irritating enough that I and other shoppers have to cover the cost of in-store snacks for her and others.

  • There is, for instance, the increasingly annoying Sports Night , a sitcom that combines the most irritating aspects of David Mamet and thirtysomething . Forthwith, the ABC spokesperson's remarks, as scripted by Sports Night contributor Aaron Sorkin:

  • Courtney B. Vance shows up as an officious homicide detective from a nearby city who finds Holly Springs' lazy informality irritating, but none of the women wants to answer his queries: They want to flirt with him, and he can't help falling into their easy rhythms.


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