How to Use irritability in a Sentence

irritability

noun
  • The other sign is a shift in mom’s response that can look like irritability.
    Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2020
  • And kids may not know how to speak up about their feelings, but instead may act out with anger or irritability.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Bloating, cramps, irritability, fatigue, and headaches are just some of the symptoms that are considered par for the course prior to and during that time of the month.
    Kate Watson, Allure, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The stress and irritability of new parenthood don’t end with the birthing parent, either.
    ​jessica Migala, SELF, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This may lead to changes in mood such as anger, frustration or irritability.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 July 2024
  • There’s the foreboding sense that the root cause of Liz’s irritability isn’t rottenness but grief.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The most common side effects in small children are fever, irritability and pain at the injection site, but most are mild and pass within a few days.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 18 June 2022
  • Soreness at the injection site, as well as fever and irritability, were common but rarely lasted more than a day.
    Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022
  • Skipping lunch can cause more than hunger pangs, low blood sugar and irritability.
    Lisa Drayer, CNN, 7 June 2021
  • Even with the long, frustrating wait (which grew a little more frustrating when the hot sun started beaming down on us around 10 a.m.), there was no sign of irritability in the crowd.
    Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Later in the morning, the Moon crosses paths with aggressive Mars, adding an element of irritability to the mix.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Withdrawal, with its intense headaches and irritability, can be hard, but symptoms tend to go away after a day or so.
    Bryony Gilbey, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Round-the-clock daylight disrupts sleep, leading to irritability – and worse.
    USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
  • The irritability from hours spent gazing into a screen is called digital eyestrain, and the blue light emitted from our screens is often blamed as one of the causes.
    Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2020
  • While mood swings, weight gain, and irritability are known potential side effects of menopause, growing breasts aren't.
    Korin Miller, Health.com, 23 June 2021
  • Once jovial and active, his father is now confined to a nursing home and has suffered weight loss, irritability and delusions.
    New York Times, 4 June 2021
  • In fact, as many as 25% of new dads experience exhaustion, irritability, short tempers and other symptoms in the days, weeks and even months after the birth of a child.
    Star Tribune, 8 Jan. 2021
  • Fatigue, irritability, rapid pulse, sunken eyes and high thirst are all clear signs of dehydration, according to the CDC.
    Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • The most common side effects reported from the shots were pain at the injection site, irritability and drowsiness.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 17 June 2022
  • Most of the irritability, anger and depression that’s hormone-related has to do with low testosterone and a drop in hormone levels.
    Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Be aware of changes in younger kids such as excessive clinginess, irritability, or new onset of bed wetting.
    Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2022
  • But both men, who suffered abuse and malnourishment at the hands of their captors, struggle with fatigue and irritability, Shaw said.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Outrage can bring greatness to art; irritability, not so much.
    Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Mejía’s daughter was around 2 months old, the 26-year-old mother’s episodes of anxiety and irritability had darkened into thoughts of suicide.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2021
  • As the days lengthen and the mercury rises, so too will the prevalence of anxiety, stress, anger, grief, fatigue, irritability and other emotions researchers have linked to heat.
    Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The side effects in the clinical trials were similar to those seen in older kids and adults: pain and redness at the injection site, headache, fatigue, irritability and fever.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 27 June 2022
  • Be aware of the physical signs that the events are getting to you, like changes in appetite, stomach troubles, sleeplessness, muscle tension and irritability, Rice said.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Crawford said that depression for this group may look more like irritability than sadness.
    Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 6 July 2022
  • In both cases, irritability, decreased appetite and pain, redness or swelling at or around the injection site were observed.
    Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 21 June 2022
  • Her symptoms included weight loss, fatigue, tremors, a rapid heart rate — and irritability.
    Dawn Burkes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024

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