How to Use frustrated in a Sentence

frustrated

adjective
  • The destinations on the Not Hot list are alternatives to the places with tourist taxes, and frustrated locals.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Calls to anoint the backup, dual-threat transfer Jayden Maiava, have grown louder and louder among a vocal and frustrated fan base.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • And doctors are frustrated that these brands are still for sale.
    Rosa Furneaux and Laura Margottini — Tbij, STAT, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Because that game was a disappointing 7-5 loss, the mood in the room was a mix of somber and frustrated.
    The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Phillips has been a lightning rod for frustrated Bears fans.
    Andrew Seligman, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The approach worked well enough on Thursday, the day that has so often frustrated Homa on the biggest stages.
    Alan Blinder, New York Times, 15 June 2023
  • But in a frustrated speech on the Senate floor, Schumer said Wednesday he was left with no other choice.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But Miller never could turn the corner, leaving both him and the Dodgers frustrated and confused.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Your days of feeling frustrated and unable to relax in your home are over.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 10 May 2023
  • There’s no doubt that the team and fans will be left frustrated as the Owls held a 14-point lead with under 15 minutes left in the game, all to be shrunken as time went on.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • A week later, Colon is still frustrated, but glad to move forward with a contract.
    Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2024
  • This went on for about three years, and Herman became frustrated.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The pending Chicago closures frustrated customers in the area, many of whom said Walmart was more than a place to buy food.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Holden grew frustrated and decided to rob the next person to walk past, the complaint states.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Alas, there is also no better event here each year to become frustrated at — and by — than the SDMAs.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • Their fan base was left frustrated and exhausted by the blunders of the last several years.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The lowest mortgage rates since the summer are starting to lure frustrated home shoppers back to the market.
    Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Its surprise bags go fast, and Reddit is full of frustrated shoppers looking for tips on how to snare one.
    Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Lily’s still feeling bruised from the breakup, and frustrated to be stuck in nonfiction when she’s dreamed of editing children’s books.
    Olivia Waite, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • So, to sit here and think other people are more frustrated than the people in this clubhouse, is insane.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
  • The outage hit check-in procedures at airports around the world, causing long lines of frustrated fliers.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 July 2024
  • That way, a frustrated Flair can turn heel either at Mania or the next night on Raw and return to her more natural roots.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • During the exchange, Trump grew frustrated with Collins.
    Jeremy Barr, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2023
  • And that's what the American people are frustrated about.
    CBS News, 30 July 2023
  • The fact that Trump once again seems to be catching a break—at least thus far—leaves many in Clinton’s orbit frustrated and, not unfairly, a bit stung.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
  • In the here and now, though, Druckenmiller remains frustrated.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 7 May 2024
  • Bumble and Match Group have seen their stock prices plummet as investors grow frustrated.
    Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • For legions of jobless and frustrated young Africans, that leaves only one good option: Get out.
    Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Wiseman is radiant as frustrated, yearning Maire, who cares for a brood of younger siblings and works her hands raw in the potato fields.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2023
  • If Curtis is like the drunk version of me, Isaac on Ghosts is like the hungover version of me, a little bit crankier, a little bit more frustrated and tired.
    Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023

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