How to Use irritating in a Sentence

irritating

adjective

• The spray is so pungent and irritating, the frog spits the beetle out.
  — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 5 July 2020
• All the sports stuff aside, Tom Brady is a very irritating person who is quite easy to make fun of.
  — Matt Miller, Esquire, 1 Feb. 2018
• The rough texture of the pad feels a little like a peel pad, which some might find irritating.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
• The change was largely made at the request of sailors, who saw the rule as pointless and irritating.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
• The scrub can remove the irritating oils before the rash starts.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2019
• Alarm clocks have come a long way from an irritating clanging to wake you out of a slumber at the crack of dawn.
  — Mason Leib, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
• This easy-to-use, non-irritating hair remover can be used on all skin types and is easy to clean.
  — Madison Durham, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020
• The fabric seemed breathable and not the least bit itchy or irritating.
  — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 10 Sep. 2019
• The idea is that the alert will be so irritating that the scooter rider will quickly leave the sidewalk.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
• The good news is that while bed bugs are irritating and may rob you of a good night’s sleep, they are not known to transmit disease.
  — Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2017
• But what’s even more irritating is to have your trip canceled by greed.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
• Do theater kids run the risk of being a bit irritating?
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• The next day there was a very irritating whine from the (re-manufactured) pump.
  — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• The most irritating thing about all of this is there’s an easy fix, a way to both reward gymnasts like Biles and protect those who aren’t.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• Follow the rules There’s nothing more irritating than watching a biker ride down the road the wrong way.
  — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
• These are great, but can be extremely irritating and harmful to the skin.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• The formula is free of parabens and SLS, to keep it natural and non-irritating.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022
• Or, people with sensitive skin may need to try over-the-counter retinols since these are less irritating.
  — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 26 Dec. 2020
• These irritating oils are capable of hitching a ride on your boots, your tools and even your pets.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2019
• Painted in Day-Glo colors and shot in less than a month in Budapest, the movie has a stagy stiffness that grows more irritating by the minute.
  — Vaughn Stein, New York Times, 10 May 2018
• The itinerary was irritating, but few around the sport will feel sorry.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
• They’re made from a non-irritating, soft cotton blend, and feature a button-down top and pull-on pants with a stretchy waistband.
  — Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
• But their hairs, which are known as stinging hairs, are irritating and can cause rashes or make your skin feel like its burning and itchy.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• Instead, this gentle cleanser uses lipophilic esters and squalane to clean skin in the least irritating way.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022
• But with so many products and retailers, some parts of the process are more irritating than ever.
  — Jake Woolf, GQ, 9 Jan. 2018
• All the effort was aimed at making the banners less irritating.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020
• But the low point is its treatment of its female characters, who are painted as irritating, know-it-all nags who just get in the way of a good time.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024
• The first signs that such a change has occurred are often chest discomfort and an irritating cough.
  — Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 4 May 2023
• But the device is marred by a few irritating quirks: holes on top that allow grit in the water chamber, and an odd and counterintuitive lid that sometimes ends up backwards.
  — Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
• Windows 11 is still an appalling tablet OS with a crippling lack of touch-friendly apps, and the stylus has an irritating input lag that makes scribbling on screen unsatisfactory.
  — Barry Collins, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025