How to Use irritable in a Sentence

irritable

adjective

• I came home from work feeling tired and irritable.
• My father is always irritable after a nap.
• There was the time when Liza, one of their four cats, had to stay at the vet for six months to be treated for an irritable bowel.
  — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 2 Dec. 2020
• Kaplan has been known over the years to become irritable with lawyers on all sides.
  — Larry Neumeister, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2022
• Lawrence was irritable and intense, as is the painter L in Cusk’s novel.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2021
• Half a day later, Trump, the most irritable man on earth, hadn’t deigned to respond to Clinton’s taunt.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 29 Jan. 2018
• The downside is that lanyards could be irritable in the summer heat.
  — Susan Brickell, Health.com, 7 Aug. 2020
• The skin under the eyes is irritable, contains the least amount of oil glands, and is thin, sort of like Zuckerberg’s defenses.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 12 Apr. 2018
• As the day approached, my daughter grew more and more irritable.
  — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
• The kind of irritable tone that suggests he’s tired of the topic all together.
  — Anthony Witrado, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
• The show's star is irritable, and clearly something is amiss.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 5 June 2021
• Young Aegon is drunk and is scolded and sent to bed by his irritable grandfather, the Hand.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• In the first, people tend to be stressed, tense, irritable, distracted, and self-absorbed.
  — Sam Wren-Lewis, Quartz, 7 Dec. 2019
• The one earlier had swung left, almost an irritable tic for a man who had missed some crucial kicks in that very fashion not so long ago.
  — Jourdan Rodrigue, charlotteobserver, 1 Oct. 2017
• The ones in the afternoon were more negative and irritable.
  — Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Stressed kids can present as irritable, avoidant, even withdrawn.
  — John Duffy, CNN, 4 May 2021
• So at a time when period-havers are highly irritable, what are some ways to extend grace?
  — Shacamree Gowdy, Chron, 8 Feb. 2021
• Other days, survivors newly on edge and irritable turned on each other when someone was too loud on the phone.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
• James played Skinny Dubois, the irritable and contentious owner of a brothel.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 28 May 2020
• Sajet notes that Franklin’s irritable expression might reflect the fact he had recently been accused of being a spy for the British.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022
• Ultimately the squeaky clean skin was causing more damage, so my skin was dry, flaky and irritable.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2018
• Now that each theater can set its own rules, things feel arbitrary and patrons are anxious and irritable.
  — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
• Even the Greeks themselves looked unwell—thinner, more irritable, dressed in cheaper clothes.
  — Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019
• Our eyes start glossing over the screen, our bodies begin to get irritable in our chairs, and our minds can’t help but tune out any notification.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
• Consuming even a tiny drop of alcohol can make the wasps drunk, irritable, and prone to causing trouble among humans.
  — Megan Friedman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2018
• Dear Amy: My husband has been irritable, tense, short-tempered and basically taking things out on me and our 16-year-old son.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• But Pyongyang has grown more irritable in recent weeks.
  — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
• Some people act out and get kind of angry or frustrated or irritable.
  — Erica Pearson, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021
• Overtime, this pent up fatigue can lead to an irritable outburst.
  — Naomi Weinshenker, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
• Some can become sad, but some can also turn irritable or withdrawn.
  — Dr. Imani J. Walker, The Root, 15 Dec. 2017

Last Updated: 28 May 2024