How to Use vexing in a Sentence

vexing

adjective

• Trump, in fact, found the White House to be vexing and even a little scary.
  — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 4 Jan. 2018
• Speaking of lips, is there any body part more vexing in the cold?
  — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 11 Dec. 2017
• The courts have proved vexing for Trump since his first days in office.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
• And even more vexing, what to do with those who remain?
  — Michael E. Miller and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022
• The dice also serve as a vexing reminder to Ben (a.k.a.
  — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 14 Dec. 2017
• Long Covid remains one of the more vexing aspects of Covid-19.
  — Dave Wessner, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
• Even more vexing is the question of justice for past crimes.
  — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
• That’s why the decision to pause the J&J vaccine is so vexing.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 23 Apr. 2021
• So, what is so vexing about the spelling of Cincinnati?
  — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Its ending is, perhaps, the film’s most vexing move of all.
  — Laura Bradley, HWD, 8 June 2018
• But the vexing question is, just why in the hell would anybody want to salvage Mars One?
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2019
• Only, the Raptors proved more vexing than the 2018 skeleton version of the Cavs.
  — Chris Ballard, SI.com, 15 June 2019
• The White House is eager to demonstrate progress on a vexing host of supply chain snarls.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
• Why the Warriors wouldn’t bring him back next season: Bender is one of the more vexing players in the league.
  — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 8 Mar. 2020
• The last most vexing question is what to do to make Facebook data safer.
  — Nicholas Thompson and Fred Vogelstein, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2018
• More vexing for the moderators may be just what questions to ask, and how and when to ask them.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 June 2024
• Our look at the vexing issue that is Pac-12 night games has been pushed back to Tuesday morning.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2019
• What set up the rotation that created the hook is a bit more vexing.
  — Washington Post, 6 July 2020
• The issues of race and policing remain some of the most vexing in America.
  — Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• But the loss of immigrants may be a more vexing and long-lasting problem.
  — Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2022
• For our most vexing problems, the best way forward is with all parties at the table.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Aug. 2017
• And that can change one of the most vexing problems for women in the American workforce — wages.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• The Ravens face a vexing decision on his fifth-year option.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
• Yet while the loss of Turner seems to be the bigger problem on the surface, the bullpen’s latest meltdown is far more vexing.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• But distilling which of the three is causing players to miss putts can be vexing.
  — Brian Costa, WSJ, 13 June 2018
• After a year of startling growth, the tech industry faces a more vexing 2021.
  — Sebastian Herrera, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2021
• There are no puddles of grease, no bald patches of dough, no vexing bubbles or stray scorch marks.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2023
• Even more vexing, Chirinos said, was that Timmons seemed to widen his zone in the later innings.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 29 Apr. 2018
• Of course, navigating these historic crowds will take a bit of planning—and patience—to ensure your holiday vacation doesn’t start off on an vexing note.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2024
• For federal law enforcement, disrupting the global synthetic drug supply chain has proved vexing.
  — David Ovalle, Washington Post, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024