How to Use exasperation in a Sentence

exasperation

noun

• They had all experienced the exasperation and frustration of holiday shopping.
• Mawusi flinched and looked at me with a mix of exasperation and pain.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 28 Sep. 2020
• At the same time, a silent scream of exasperation arose at rare book libraries around the world.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• But over the past week, the exasperation has hit a crescendo.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
• But for all the fans’ exasperation, the Ravens did take a step forward and got within a game of the Super Bowl.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2024
• Olow rests her forehead in her hand and stares down at the phone in exasperation.
  — Danae King, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2020
• Her exasperation even led her to go back to her surgeon and ask to reverse the effects of the surgery.
  — Shreeya Agarwal, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Sep. 2020
• As the wildfires in the West have increased, so has his anger and exasperation.
  — Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
• He’s got an able partner in Burstein, who seems to know to cede a bit of the stage to Lane but maintains a steady exasperation of his own.
  — Vulture, 9 Feb. 2023
• At one point a strange smile of exasperation flashed across his face.
  — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
• For those working with the migrants, the mood is one of exasperation.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2021
• The exasperation is fair, but Biden was wrong to skip this question.
  — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2020
• At the protests in Brooklyn Center those names have been read aloud in exasperation and rage.
  — Justin Ellis, Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
• The trailer, out this week, gives a taste of his comic exasperation.
  — Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
• His comments highlight the growing exasperation in Brussels at the lack of progress the two sides have made after months of talks.
  — Peter Flanagan, Bloomberg.com, 1 Sep. 2020
• Chang tells a quick story about the road he’s traveled to exasperation.
  — Jeffrey M. O'Brien, Fortune, 2 June 2022
• Adding fuel to the fire: Northam also expressed exasperation with motorists who’d ignored the storm forecast and the state’s pleas to stay off the roads.
  — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
• So much light and sunshine, compensating for the heaving tiredness and exasperation that comes, for me, at the end of the school year.
  — Longreads, 4 May 2021
• And yes, shutting someone down with exasperation can be a form of control, and yes, the silent treatment can be a form of control.
  — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
• You might be tempted to throw up your hands in exasperation at these findings.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2021
• Jabari Smith jumped, clapping his hands in exasperation and begging for a call.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 20 Mar. 2022
• But his pride in his service has been mixed with exasperation.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• My 20-year-old son sat at the kitchen table, arm’s length from the cracked pitcher, venting his exasperation and defeat.
  — Heidi Schneider, Star Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020
• Is the day-to-day on this Pale Blue Dot reducing you to exasperation and exhaustion?
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2021
• The rapper herself has at times thrown her hands up in exasperation.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• But doctors across the state and beyond are responding to the video with a varying degrees of exasperation and anger.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
• Incredulity, might be one way to describe Mouser, with his arms spread wide and a look of exasperation on his face.
  — Byron Tate, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2020
• The expert and talented writer of English had been on a German kick to the point of exasperation.
  — Arkansas Online, 1 July 2021
• In an interview that addressed the mixed reactions to Dahmer, which was a huge hit for Netflix, Murphy expressed exasperation with his critics.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
• The questioning of Gino is polite and collegial, but the final report gives vent to an exasperation with her refusal either to admit wrongdoing or to mount a defense the committee can take seriously.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024