How to Use annoy in a Sentence

annoy

verb
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  • Lows range from the mid-20s to near 30, which is sure to annoy all the blooming plants.
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The whole bit with the crystal ball Disa buys annoyed me.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The opposing coach that seems to annoy me the most is James Franklin.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2020
  • At the same time, Epps was annoyed by all the resources that were used to escort him.
    — Camila Dechalus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Clippers won 48 games last season and annoyed the life out of the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs.
    — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The nights start at about 9 p.m. while the sky is still light and are over by midnight, to not annoy the neighbors.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2020
  • Telling your car to change the heat or radio tends to annoy drivers.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • In the end, what annoys me the most is that Apple took so long to adopt for the iPhone the cable used by the rest of the gadget world.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Is there a world in which my cat is not annoying me right now?
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
  • Think of it as welcoming in a new year that hasn’t yet had a chance to annoy us.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The object thrown at the Queens icon clearly annoyed her.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024
  • On one of these cups, Cupid tugs the male centaur’s hair to annoy him.
    — Melik Kaylan, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
  • While that will lead to less waste, this shift and the price jump may annoy plenty of people.
    — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The security guards were annoyed, and the fans did not care.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • These throngs from the western part of the city tended to annoy East Berliners.
    — Time, 12 Nov. 2019
  • My husband of three years has a few habits that annoy and frustrate me.
    — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Here’s my list of the top issues that annoy or frustrate users.
    — Yec, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • There are a number of reasons to be annoyed by such rhetoric.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
  • Funny Captions Found the person who annoys me the least and called it love.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 11 Jan. 2019
  • Which explains a lot about why teenagers who twirl their hair or squirm in their seats at the movies annoy the rest of us.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Only VW’s volume knob annoys — mute it and the whole screen goes black.
    — cleveland, 8 Feb. 2020
  • But with some new changes YouTube is rolling out to the video streaming platform, the words will do more than just annoy you.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
  • It’s been here two days and has already made a mess and my neighbor is annoyed by the barking.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The latter sees those troops flank and circle to annoy you with their bows and arrows.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 June 2020
  • People who yell at you to get off your phone and live in the moment are annoying.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 9 Nov. 2018
  • The second misconception, though, was the one that seemed to annoy Ange Postecoglou, the Spurs coach.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 May 2024
  • The patron using the machine, a woman in plaid pants and a tight black shirt, had annoyed the witch.
    — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • There are a lot of reasons tech can annoy you while working.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Jonathan is annoyed at the Frenchman for not pitching in with the cooking and cleaning — while making sure to eat everything the other guys cook.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Americans annoyed by the service economy of the Carter and Reagan years yelled at answering services.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024

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