How to Use vex in a Sentence

vex

verb

• We were vexed by the delay.
• This problem has vexed researchers for years.
• Steven Brill agrees that the country’s in bad shape and its people are vexed by it.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 15 June 2018
• Matt Barnes, charged with the blown save and loss on Wednesday, was vexed by his poor outing.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2019
• As with last week's icy mix, the overnight snowfall vexed drivers across the region.
  — Mike Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2020
• The question of where Izzy would attend school had been vexing me for two years.
  — Julie Kim, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2023
• The Raiders trusted Kolton Miller enough to leave him on the left side and have Brown play on the right, a position that has vexed them for years.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
• The question of who hired the firm has vexed Facebook employees.
  — Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2018
• He gets equally vexed on behalf of a friend’s movie, a rival’s movie, any movie.
  — Joanne Kaufman, wsj.com, 4 May 2023
• No one wants to hear that there's no solution to the problem that vexes them.
  — Sara Chodosh, Popular Science, 30 Dec. 2019
• Other fans have dived from nearby piers and swum to the back of the set, vexing gate guards charged with keeping them at bay.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 30 July 2023
• Iger’s biggest challenge might be the one that has vexed him the most: finding a successor.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• That question has vexed even many of the most ardent climate-change activists.
  — oregonlive.com, 9 July 2019
• High was shocked when her doctor told her she, too, had the illness that vexed her siblings and parents.
  — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• As impressive as Murray was, he was vexed at the foul line just as much as his teammates.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• This isn’t the first time one of President Trump’s residences has been vexed by a sinkhole.
  — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 22 May 2018
• Lawmakers have been vexed for decades over how to fix a broken system.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 20 June 2019
• The use of that last word has vexed behind-the-camera workers for nearly a century.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 5 Mar. 2023
• This is a question that will vex a logical thinker, for the answer has less to do with reason and more to do with belief.
  — Seth Hettena, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2019
• Anderson vexed him again by singling for the second time.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 30 June 2018
• In Decatur, the trends have vexed a generation of city leaders.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2020
• Giuliani has long vexed Barr and the Justice Department.
  — Matt Zapotosky, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2020
• The Yankees, star-centric and forever vexed by the fringes of their roster, are tied for last place in the American League East.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• A down year for potential franchise passers would likely vex most teams that landed the No. 1 pick.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
• This isn't the first time one of President Donald Trump's residences has been vexed by a sinkhole.
  — Marissa J. Lang, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
• The question of how to handle coal waste, which is stored in roughly 450 sites across the country, has vexed regulators for decades.
  — Brady Dennis, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2019
• The issue of nuclear waste storage has vexed the industry for decades.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
• Short-term rentals As for short-term rentals, the issue is one that has vexed local officials since the trend emerged several years ago.
  — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 19 July 2019
• And some of my youthful impressions turned out to be perceptive about problems that would vex this hall for some 60 years.
  — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• Years ago, a reader wrote probing for details on a mystery that had vexed him: What’s the deal with the cookies that Cookie Monster eats?
  — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024