How to Use annoy in a Sentence

annoy

verb

• Damn, Kuokoa was just now realizing how much that term annoyed him.
  — Jason Douglas Louie, The Root, 15 Apr. 2018
• Not all residents are annoyed by their plucky neighbors’ antics, though.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
• In fact, meatier dishes seem less likely to annoy your grandparents.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 12 Apr. 2018
• Tammy Pulver wants the golden Moutza to go to annoying check-out clerks.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• But a new study suggests that, at least sometimes, kids are tattling not to save their own skin, punish others or annoy caregivers.
  — Scott Berson, charlotteobserver, 6 Apr. 2018
• The male roller makes a sport of annoying other birds that stray into its breeding area during the short mating season.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
• A few days later, annoyed residents demanded they be removed.
  — Ella Nilsen, Vox, 14 Apr. 2018
• Perhaps that’s true, but during our short time on the bikes, long-term reliability wasn’t testable, and the noise was annoying.
  — Ty Brookhart, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2018
• If your ally ends up annoying people, there is a chance you might get ostracized by association.
  — Stephen Fishbach, PEOPLE.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Clarkson also said Lee was the best country singer on the show, annoying fellow judge Blake Shelton.
  — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• What annoys me most is that the IRS will still not accept checks of more than $100 million in payment for taxes.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
• Loading your audio article Two men were shot and wounded by driver annoyed they were double-parked on a Queens street, police said Monday.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
• He was also arrested on suspicion of calling a 911 emergency line with intent to annoy or harass, a misdemeanor.
  — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• 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
• From the inside the split rear glass is annoying in the rear view mirror.
  — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
• 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

Last Updated: 31 Dec 2024