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exasperated
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  • I was mad at Harold and he was exasperated with me.   (source)
  • Ralph pushed both hands through his hair and looked at the little boy in mixed amusement and exasperation.   (source)
    exasperation = annoyance
  • He was exasperated because he didn't know what that look meant.   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • All day long I hear nothing but what an exasperating child I am,   (source)
    exasperating = annoying
  • I just dropped my head and shook it, exasperated.   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • With a look of disdainful exasperation Gretel set the tray down on the ground and marched out of the room.   (source)
    exasperation = great annoyance
  • "The check bounced last week."
    "I thought we had it covered."
    "We would have if you hadn't taken the money out," she said, exasperated.   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • Tellez threw up his arms in exasperation,   (source)
    exasperation = great annoyance
  • "Okay . . . okay. I give up!" Dorothy said, gritting her teeth and dropping her arms, exasperated.   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • He sounded totally exasperated.   (source)
  • He gives me that I-am-Paco-and-I-am-exasperated look.   (source)
  • BENEATHA: (Staring at him and crossing away with exasperation) Oh—Asagai—at this moment you decide to be romantic!   (source)
    exasperation = great annoyance
  • Lieutenant Scheisskopf smacked his hands over his eyes in exasperation.   (source)
  • My hands were shaking with rage or frustration or exasperation, who knew which, but I managed to fill the mug to the brim with the thick yellowish milk.   (source)
    exasperation = greatly annoyance
  • ... I said, exasperated with him.   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • This seemed to exasperate the Prince.   (source)
    exasperate = greatly annoy
  • ANITA MARIA [exasperated] Anita, it is now to be a dress of dancing, no longer for kneeling in front of an altar.   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • Several times work stopped altogether ... while Kenny and Selvam strode about the deserted site in exasperation,   (source)
    exasperation = great annoyance
  • ESTRAGON: (exasperated). I don't know why I don't know!   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • all the endearing— and exasperating—little ways of the forty-foot diesel launch upon which his life would depend.   (source)
    exasperating = greatly annoying
  • Of all the silly, exasperating things.   (source)
  • It was my turn to sound exasperated, but inside my head words were bumping together so fast that I didn't know what to say.   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • "I wish you wouldn't come in without knocking," he said in the tone of abnormal exasperation that seemed so characteristic of him.   (source)
    exasperation = great annoyance
  • He began to fume with rage and exasperation.   (source)
  • it should have been clear to him that this exasperation with circumstances and people aggravated his illness, and that he ought therefore to ignore unpleasant occurrences.   (source)
  • The cat followed me down the steep stairs, and, nearly throwing me headlong, exasperated me to madness.   (source)
    exasperated = greatly annoyed
  • Dad walked away cursing, exasperated, but probably thinking that Shawn would get tired and go back to being foreman before supper.†   (source)
  • "Of course she has a MetroCard!" answered Dad, fully exasperated.†   (source)
  • He gave the younger officer the rueful look of a father exasperated with his misbehaving son.†   (source)
  • "Three weeks!" she said, exasperated.†   (source)
  • The lawyer sighs in exasperation and looks at his watch.†   (source)
  • We steered clear of tollbooths by taking two-lane back roads, where we usually had a long line of drivers behind us, honking in exasperation.†   (source)
  • Adoring his son but exasperated by his behavior, Anthony delivered frequent, forceful spankings.†   (source)
  • "You keep it up and make us late for school, Mama's gonna wear you out," I threatened, pulling with exasperation at the high collar of the Sunday dress Mama had made me wear for the first day of school—as if that event were something special.†   (source)
  • I could see the powdery furrows of exasperation between her eyebrows, the clamped muscles of her rouged jaw.†   (source)
  • If one of them walked into a room, the other found a reason to leave, and Edgar's mother would sigh in exasperation.†   (source)
  • He's giving me that look—sympathetic but also exasperated and mystified, like How is it possible that my sane and reasonable DNA created such a crazy daughter?†   (source)
  • "What's wrong with you?" said Susie, exasperated.†   (source)
  • Eventually, in a state of exasperation, you would end up pouring all of the buttons on the floor— and then spend an hour and a half having to pick them back up.†   (source)
  • When the shoelace proved an unconvincing earthworm, out of sheer exasperation I tried the sole, all of it.†   (source)
  • His expression was one of mild exasperation.†   (source)
  • Her eager espousal of Britain's new cryptologic methodology continually exasperated the veteran French cryptographers above her.†   (source)
  • "Sit down, Connor!" the teacher said with exasperation.†   (source)
  • Newt folded his arms; he looked exasperated.†   (source)
  • Exasperation.†   (source)
  • "Do you honestly think," Mr. Poe said in an exasperated voice, "that I will allow you to continue to care for these three children, after the treachery I have seen here tonight?"†   (source)
  • Tonight Bod asked about Hauntings, getting more and more specific, which exasperated Mr. Pennyworth, who had never gone in for that sort of thing himself.†   (source)
  • Sounds of whispered exasperation filled the room.†   (source)
  • Exasperated, the committee selected a second spy, also a middle-aged woman, but this one was a bit more savvy, having been a docent in one of the museum houses.†   (source)
  • Mom gave an exasperated sigh, but her heart wasn't in it.†   (source)
  • Her exasperation was unbounded.†   (source)
  • "I'm so sorry, Henry," she said in an exasperated voice.†   (source)
  • He heaved an exasperated sigh, then said, "I'll bring the range over from your father's place tomorrow.†   (source)
  • Only now he sounded all exasperated.†   (source)
  • 'Then I'll drive you wherever you want to go,' he said, exasperated.†   (source)
  • In exasperation with my unresponsive cousins, I looked up from the sewing machine and saw Owen standing there.†   (source)
  • He let out one of his long, exasperated sighs.†   (source)
  • She caught a glance exchanged between the two men—exasperation, annoyance, condescension.†   (source)
  • I let out an exasperated laugh.†   (source)
  • "Any toe," Arya said, exasperated with the question.†   (source)
  • "Well of course," Finny said with an exasperated chuckle, "of course I was in the tree—oh you mean Gene?†   (source)
  • Julian sighs, exasperated.†   (source)
  • To the great exasperation of the others, Constance demanded to know why they couldn't have candy for breakfast.†   (source)
  • Thomas stops the jeep right behind the lines at a red light and gives Metias an exasperated look.†   (source)
  • She crossed her arms and sighed in exasperation.†   (source)
  • And there was Robbie, who exasperated her with his affectation of distance, and his grand plans which he would only discuss with her father.†   (source)
  • The teacher looked up in exasperation.†   (source)
  • Her stirring became more and more halfhearted till Judith snatched the stick in exasperation.†   (source)
  • She threw up her hands, exasperated.†   (source)
  • As my father pulled into the garage, she would rush about, fixing him a cocktail, a dry sherry, and put on an exasperated face: "You know junior high," she would say.†   (source)
  • Her nerves were frazzled, and all the emotions of the past hour were converging into a single, sickening feeling—exasperation.†   (source)
  • So I don't see an exasperated eye roll?†   (source)
  • "Because I'm thinking about you," he said, exasperated.†   (source)
  • And HERMIONE, RON, GUM; and DRACO emerge from the doors, and fire up their spells at DELPHI, who screams out in exasperation.†   (source)
  • Hobie exhaled audibly; he looked exasperated.†   (source)
  • The church's other priest looks exasperated.†   (source)
  • Gran sounded exasperated and tender at the same time.†   (source)
  • I fake an exasperated sigh and shake my head.†   (source)
  • There was a silence, then I heard Ruth let out an exasperated sigh.†   (source)
  • I know from the petulant tone in Boney's voice—she will live in permanent exasperation from now on, and the more annoyed she gets, the more people will dismiss her.†   (source)
  • Eragon turned away in exasperation, then heard someone run to the door.†   (source)
  • The others turned to the Milliner, but even he, who was able to maintain his composure in battles that would have sent most Wonderlanders running for their mothers' skirts, was a little exasperated by this.†   (source)
  • I closed my eyes in exasperation.†   (source)
  • Exasperated, Kris turned back to her mother, who was stuffing socks into a dresser drawer.†   (source)
  • The man gave a short, bitter laugh and shook his head in exasperation.†   (source)
  • Her voice has that exasperated edge our children get when we dare wander from their lives.†   (source)
  • "Fine," he snapped, abruptly exasperated.†   (source)
  • A nurse offers to fold up the sari but, exasperated by the six slippery yards, ends up stuffing the material into Ashima's slate blue suitcase.†   (source)
  • The wireless internet access in the room was spotty, which was exasperating because I was still combing the Web, looking for images.†   (source)
  • Humbled and exasperated, I ask how he expects to be able to chase rats away with Brahms and Beethoven sticks while he's dead asleep, but he doesn't answer.†   (source)
  • "Exasperation," mused Mianaai.†   (source)
  • Macon looked at her, exasperated.†   (source)
  • Exasperated and worried, Burnham's father in 1872 introduced his son to an architect named Peter Wight, who admired the young man's skill at drawing and hired him as a draftsman.†   (source)
  • My father by then was in a paroxysm of exasperation.†   (source)
  • Well, they wouldn't be able to exclude her this winter, her two exasperating males; quarters were going to be a little too close for that.†   (source)
  • So it is not surprising that, as time went by, people found him increasingly exasperating, especially people who had status in the community.†   (source)
  • 'All right, then,' I said, feeling a terrible exasperation.†   (source)
  • I dialled his number and listened to his voice when he picked up, at first soft with sleep, and then louder, wary, worried, exasperated.†   (source)
  • Exasperated, she asked Sean if perhaps he had bought clothes for Michael.†   (source)
  • "Look," he says, totally exasperated, "this is EBGOC.†   (source)
  • It exasperated him that Clara never seemed truly grateful for anything and never seemed to need anything that he could give her.†   (source)
  • "Again?" one of my teachers asked in exasperation.†   (source)
  • Once again Dr. Urbino found himself face to face with the simple incomprehension that had exasperated him for a half a century.†   (source)
  • She had kept her eyes on the floor so they would not betray her exasperation.†   (source)
  • Her concern morphs into exasperation and a little pity.†   (source)
  • The Baron raised his gaze to the ceiling in feigned exasperation while his thoughts raced.†   (source)
  • Ellerby shakes his head in exasperation.†   (source)
  • I crossed my arms, hoping to look stem and a little exasperated, but at the same time, I had to bite my lip to keep from showing a slightly more positive reaction.†   (source)
  • I knew they were exasperated with Da, but they had little patience for Mam, either, whose people were from Limerick and never lifted a finger to help.†   (source)
  • But Boukreev's refusal or inability to play the role of a conventional guide in the Western tradition exasperated Fischer, It also forced him and Beidleman to shoulder a disproportionate share of the caretaker duties for their group, and by the first week in May the effort had taken an unmistakable toll on Fischer's health.†   (source)
  • "Oh, God, Sonny," she groaned in exasperation.†   (source)
  • She gave a sound of exasperation.†   (source)
  • The girl glanced back over her shoulder at me, her expression somewhere between surprise and exasperation.†   (source)
  • The eleven-year-old face was an expert mask of restrained exasperation.†   (source)
  • My mom sighs, exasperated.†   (source)
  • He looks a little exasperated, but he plays along.†   (source)
  • They were in his room and Rachel spun around, waving an exasperated arm at the books crammed into his shelves.†   (source)
  • She said the last with a wry, proud, grown-up exasperation, as one submitting to the penalties imposed by her brother's power, and glory.†   (source)
  • The officials are terribly harassed with the whole thing and exasperated with individual demands for attention.†   (source)
  • "I love this work," she said in exasperation the first time we met.†   (source)
  • Matron let out a sigh of exasperation.†   (source)
  • I asked, exasperated.†   (source)
  • Sighing in dull exasperation, Ch'idzigyaak went outside where the northern lights still danced above and the stars winked in great numbers.†   (source)
  • Mattie was exasperated.†   (source)
  • The minister had an envelope full; but when he produced them, ostensibly for distribution among the jurors, an exasperated Logan Green leaped to his feet: "If Your Honor please, this is going too far..."†   (source)
  • And brought him here," continued the exasperated Dischord.†   (source)
  • "It's not like I'm planning to do anything-it's just a feeling," Cedric said, exasperated.†   (source)
  • "He ain't met no lady," Call said with a touch of exasperation.†   (source)
  • Shade laughed, an exasperated, mirthless laugh.†   (source)
  • Miro grimaced in exasperation.†   (source)
  • I look back at Joe, who raises his hands in a gesture of exasperation and surrender.†   (source)
  • A memorable story of an incident that occurred at about this time may or may not be entirely reliable, but portrays vividly the level of tension among the troops and Washington's own pent-up anger and exasperation.†   (source)
  • He turns to me and opens his brown eyes wide in exasperation.†   (source)
  • A young assistant of his once said to him, in exasperation, that he had no priorities.†   (source)
  • "Go take a walk," Brave Orchid said, exasperated.†   (source)
  • Kettlemouth was there, too, wearing a little pumpkin hat and sitting sleepily on an embroidered pillow, ignoring Lucia's exasperated pleas to sing.†   (source)
  • Mrs. Nightwing is exasperated.†   (source)
  • Annette looked at me with the complete exasperation a mom shows a recalcitrant six-year-old.†   (source)
  • He shook his head in exasperation.†   (source)
  • "King is so hot," an exasperated JFK confided to Bobby before the reverend's arrival, "that it's like [Karl] Marx coming to the White House."†   (source)
  • Exasperated, he had gone to the kitchen door.†   (source)
  • In exasperation she glared at him, then turned and walked away.†   (source)
  • He looked over his shoulder at me with an exasperated sigh.†   (source)
  • Aven rolled her eyes and sighed in exasperation.†   (source)
  • And it did not pay him to become exasperated with her.†   (source)
  • Her plain, pasty features came into focus through my tears, and I saw that her expression was one of exasperation.†   (source)
  • She lifted her hands in exasperation and turned away.†   (source)
  • Dad never expressed anger or exasperation to these annoying inquirers.†   (source)
  • Exasperated, Vlad threw his hands in the air.†   (source)
  • Her exasperation was clear.†   (source)
  • "I'm fine," she said, her voice full of playful exasperation as she fell into stride next to him.†   (source)
  • I sighed, exasperated.†   (source)
  • Finally, if you're as exasperated as I am by the parts problem and have some money to invest, you can take up the really fascinating hobby of machining your own parts.†   (source)
  • We were going down the walk now, through the spring air, and he stopped to look at me with exasperation, as though I'd suddenly told him black was white.†   (source)
  • Corbelier paused, obviously exasperated.†   (source)
  • "Which getting the blacks out of here and back to Cuba certainly would in many quarters," Tappan said in exasperation.†   (source)
  • Usually, these questions were posed with a kind of exasperation: "All right, Mandela, what is it you really want?"†   (source)
  • Bryan shot him an exasperated smile.†   (source)
  • "All right, now what?" a nervous and exasperated coach asked them.†   (source)
  • Nelson twirls in exasperation.†   (source)
  • Mannie, you are not only the oddest man I've met; you are the most exasperating.†   (source)
  • Suddenly exasperated, he gave her a quick shake.†   (source)
  • Felicia usually follows Lourdes around, imitating her sister until Lourdes gets exasperated.†   (source)
  • Nicolo asked in exasperation.†   (source)
  • At the mouth of the tunnel, they saw a man kneeling on the track, hammering at a switch with the unrhythmical exasperation of uncertainty.†   (source)
  • Koop was exasperated now.†   (source)
  • ELESIN [exasperated] Must you be so blunt?†   (source)
  • Ellen was a bit exasperated.†   (source)
  • To Lisa, Joe said exasperatedly, "Who is Rose Tucker, what does she do for Teknologik?"†   (source)
  • "Josh, I'm lucky to have a desk with a working drawer," she notes with forced exasperation, walking over to the open classroom door without missing a beat.†   (source)
  • "Mr. Dougett, why didn't you tell me that when I was here before?" asked an exasperated Cole.†   (source)
  • She seemed exasperated.†   (source)
  • GEORGE: (Resigned and exasperated) All right.†   (source)
  • Instead, his exasperation revealed itself with a tiny pursing of his lips, as though he'd just tasted something awful and were trying very hard not to offend the cook.†   (source)
  • She gave an exasperated sigh.†   (source)
  • "You cannot check this out another time this year," the Pine-top librarian had said when I tried to check the book out for the tenth time; she was exasperated by all the noise a classroom of eight-years-olds can make just entering a room.†   (source)
  • The spy shrugged, exasperated, glooming at Sorrel.†   (source)
  • The Gorku project manager ruffled its back hair in exasperation.†   (source)
  • When the popular colonel of Terry's Texas rangers was killed in a skirmish, a sergeant in the troop reported that "the men were too much exasperated after the death of our colonel to take prisoners—they were shot down."†   (source)
  • She believed devoutly in people's capacity for change, sometimes to the exasperation of everyone else in the family.†   (source)
  • Mark growled again in exasperation.†   (source)
  • When I put my problem to him he was roused to exasperation.†   (source)
  • "I like the Post," I went on with a touch of exasperation.†   (source)
  • KELLER is exasperated.†   (source)
  • The plots theory—" Exasperated, Hodge said, "I was right the first time.†   (source)
  • Metty's face twisted with exasperation, and he did a silent stamp with one foot.†   (source)
  • On the whole-with exasperating exceptions-events bad turned out very much as he had hoped.†   (source)
  • Even though Malachai avoided the worst potholes and drove with exasperating deliberation, it was rough riding.†   (source)
  • WOLSEY (Treats it at the level of humor, mock exasperation) Yes I need a ninny in Rome!†   (source)
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