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
• Other symptoms include an irritable or angry mood that lasts most of the day on most days.
  — Karen Pallarito, Health, 2 June 2024
• Many of her students come to class hungry, and at times, unhappy and irritable because of it.
  — Caroline Alkire, Good Housekeeping, 23 Mar. 2017
• 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• Stressed kids can present as irritable, avoidant, even withdrawn.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
• First, your baby may be more fussy or irritable while nursing.
  — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 16 July 2024
• For example, depressed teenagers are likely to be irritable and may refuse to get up in the morning for school or may want to spend the majority of their time in their room.
  — Amy Morin, Parents, 29 July 2024
• Researchers have found that heat can make people more fatigued, irritable, and aggressive, and that excess light can do the same.
  — Li Zhou, Vox, 26 June 2024
• 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
• This can cause your baby to become drowsy, excitable, or even irritable.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 9 July 2024
• 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
• John Lithgow is uncannily good as Dahl: charming, witty and wise, but also restless and irritable.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Oct. 2024
• The baseball player had missed eight games to be with his family after Max was diagnosed with transient synovitis (also known as irritable hip) and Guillain-Barre syndrome in July.
  — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024