Vexations
[vek'seɪʃənz]
Examples
- These services, therefore, being almost entirely arbitrary, subjected the tenant to many vexations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But, remembering the heavy weight of anxiety which she already had on her mind, I hesitated to add to all the other vexations this new trouble. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- His aunt (my Mistress you will please to remember) deliberately, wilfully, added to my trials and vexations. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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