VEXED in a Sentence
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72 example sentences for VEXED, such as:
1. His conduct vexed her very much.
2. I am very much vexed that I have forgotten.
3. not vexed with her and did not reproach her.
4. He broke off and began pacing the room still more vexed.
5. This issue looks likely to continue to vex the government.
2. I am very much vexed that I have forgotten.
3. not vexed with her and did not reproach her.
4. He broke off and began pacing the room still more vexed.
5. This issue looks likely to continue to vex the government.
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Meanings and Examples of VEXED
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vex
v. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
v. subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1 Still more, on viewing the matter clearly, he felt vexed to think that he himself had been so largely the cause of the catastrophe.
2 He suddenly felt vexed with himself for having, without reason, been so expansive before this gentleman.
3 I am very much vexed that I have forgotten.
4 He broke off and began pacing the room still more vexed.
5 The plump boy ran after them angrily, as if vexed that their program had been disturbed.
6 It was not what he had read that vexed him, but the fact that the life out there in which he had now no part could perturb him.
7 He was evidently vexed and impatient for the talkative doctor to go.
8 His coming vexed me from the first, and I said something disagreeable to him.
9 The more interesting his letters were the more vexed she felt.
10 More than once he had vexed his father by spoiling his own career, and he laughed at distinctions of all kinds.
11 Then, vexed at his own weakness, he turned away and began to report on the position of affairs.
12 The princess was apparently vexed at not having anyone to be angry with.
13 She knew it to be necessary, and though it was hard for her she was not vexed with these people.
14 not vexed with her and did not reproach her.
15 She knew that when he thought aloud in this way he would sometimes ask her what he had been saying, and be vexed if he noticed that she had been thinking about something else.
Example Sentence:
1 His conduct vexed her very much.
2 Ministers have begun work on the vexed issue of economic union.
3 He is vexed at my idle ways and waste of time: as if I need like a city clerk, six days a week and no holidays!
4 Please try not to vex your mother; she is doing the best she can.
5 This issue looks likely to continue to vex the government.
6 Many vexing problems beset the American public school system.