Exasperating

Examples

• There was something positively exasperating in Bertha's attitude of isolated defiance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Some times, when her uncle's easy way of taking things did not happen to be exasperating, it was rather soothing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They creaked under his weight--it was exasperating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• With Donne it was otherwise; he was troublesome, exasperating. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And you are always so exasperating. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Before Mr. Ablewhite could find words to answer in, Rachel spoke in a tone of the most exasperating contempt. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• On Monday morning the weather was in that undecided state which is more exasperating than a steady pour. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There was a coolness about all this, which, to a gentleman of an excitable temperament, had, under the circumstances, rather an exasperating tendency. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• On the contrary, said Lydgate, showing no smart; but smiling with exasperating confidence at Rosamond. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• No donkeys ever existed that were as hard to navigate as these, I think, or that had so many vile, exasperating instincts. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My mother, though highly exasperating to the feelings, is actuated by maternal dictates. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Oh, blameless people are always the most exasperating. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It's all very well to laugh, Bella, but anything more exasperating it is impossible to conceive. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was exasperating. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The pain from the pricking of the skin by the needles is exasperating; but when the explosions of the cartridges commence the animal becomes frantic. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• British liberal opinion in particular found itself under the exasperating necessity of supporting an ever-increasing British Navy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was one of the most exasperating attributes of Bounderby, that he not only sang his own praises but stimulated other men to sing them. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Mr. Bowyer was a bidder, and this was too exasperating. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Bulstrode showed a rather exasperating ability in this conversation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In answering her I committed a fatal error--I let the exasperating helplessness of my situation get the better of my self-control. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• This is too exasperating! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Amy spoke bitterly, and turned her back on the exasperating martyr at her feet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Believe me, you are almost exasperating, said Yeobright vehemently. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But it occurred too often for even my self-complacency, did that exasperating It is nothing--it is of the Renaissance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• As the hour approached, its changes of measure made it more and more exasperating. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There was likewise a coolness on the part of the British Housewife, which Mrs John Rokesmith found highly exasperating. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was a trying moment, exasperating for Gudrun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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