ANNOYANCE in a Sentence

Learn ANNOYANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
214 example sentences for ANNOYANCE, such as:
1. She frowned at me, clearly annoyed.
2. His attitude made me extremely annoyed.
3. I'll be annoyed if we don't finish by eight.
4. But she shrugged off her momentary annoyance.
5. Miss Bart continued to smile without annoyance.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ANNOYANCE
annoyance
 n.  the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
 n.  the act of troubling or annoying someone
Classic Sentence: (173 in 12 pages)
1  Scarlett could think of nothing to say, and she felt her face growing red with annoyance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Little Wade was no longer an annoyance, for the family, black and white, and the neighbors idolized him and there was a never-ceasing rivalry as to whose lap he should occupy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  But she shrugged off her momentary annoyance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
4  India turned from her to Archie and, all annoyance at him gone from her face, gave him a look of veiled anxious inquiry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
5  Handling her needle awkwardly, she jabbed it into her thumb and with a little scream of pain and annoyance that made them all jump, she squeezed it until a bright red drop appeared.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
6  Her green eyes were alert and sparkling again, and she laughed aloud for the first time in weeks when Rhett and Bonnie met her and Wade and Ella at the depot--laughed in annoyance and amusement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
7  Miss Bart continued to smile without annoyance.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
8  The couple in question were engaged in the same kind of romance in which Lily figured, and the latter felt a certain annoyance in contemplating what seemed to her a caricature of her own situation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
9  The remark was uttered with a little air of proprietorship not lost on its object, who concealed a faint blush of annoyance by stooping to pick up the book he had dropped at Lily's approach.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
10  Miss Bart felt an inward motion of annoyance: it was distasteful enough to hear her name coupled with Trenor's, and on Rosedale's lips the allusion was peculiarly unpleasant.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
11  His voice had risen sharply with the last words, and Lily flushed with annoyance, but she kept command of the situation and laid a persuasive hand on his arm.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
12  Her first movement was one of annoyance: this unforeseen act of Selden's added another complication to life.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
13  His face flushed with annoyance, and taking off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VIII
14  Madame Lebrun went back to the machine, crimson with annoyance.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VIII
15  "This afternoon," returned Robert, with a shade of annoyance.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XV
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1  A dog that barks constantly can be a source of annoyance to the neighbours.
2  There are rumblings of annoyance throughout the workforce.
3  His air of calm superiority annoyed her intensely.
4  She was obviously annoyed that the man had happened along.
5  His attitude made me extremely annoyed.
6  She frowned at me, clearly annoyed.
7  She was annoyed to discover that her husband had taken her car keys.
8  I'll be annoyed if we don't finish by eight.
9  I was annoyed, indeed furious, over what happened.
10  Tim really annoyed me in the meeting this morning.
11  He became excessively annoyed at newspaper reports.
12  Anne was fond of Tim, though he often annoyed her.
13  The winner's complacent smile annoyed some people.
14  It would be wrong to suggest that police officers were not annoyed by acts of indecency.
15  We were annoyed by his noncommittal reply for we had been led to expect definite assurances of his approval.