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How to use the word irritate in a Sentence?

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It used to irritate me the way certain narratives are spread and the way words are twisted, I had to just disengage from it, when I came into the game, it used to happen and I'd just laugh it off and play up to it and do my thing. Then it just kept up going on, on, and on. It got a little much and I reacted to disrespect. But no more.

Read MoreIf McGregor

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We call on all sides to remain rational and exercise restraint, and not take any escalatory actions that irritate regional tensions, and not open a Pandora's box, in particular, the U.S. side should alter its extreme pressure methods.

Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I just wanted to be able to push him out of the boat and not really hurt him or irritate him too much because he looked like he just came out of the water because it was wet back there and he was sunning himself to getdry.

Mark Dalton

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The script has to grab me, irritate me, seduce me. I do not want to repeat myself with my roles.

Bruno Ganz

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Sulfates have been shown to be irritating to eyes and skin in some studies, but just because a shampoo is sulfate-free, that doesn’t mean it’s less likely to irritate: Many sulfate-free shampoos that still lather have other detergents in them.

Paradi Mirmirani

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

How did the West help us? Did NATO help us during the war? No. Russia is our neighbor, strong and influential. I'm afraid there may be another war if we irritate Russia further with our talk that we want to become a NATO member.

Avtandil Maisuradze

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

These two mistakes, corruption and delays in decision making, irritate the public and frustrate the investors, this time I will act directly so as to discipline the public service as we discipline the army.

Yoweri Museveni

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

And, also bear in mind, we're just a couple of days away now from the joint military drills between the United States and South Korea. These happen every year. Washington and Seoul say they're defensive in nature, but every year they irritate Pyongyang.

Paula Hancocks

Found on CNN
8 years ago

PVC also releases gases known as volatile organic compounds, which are gases that can irritate the eyes, nose, and lungs.

Glenn Harnett

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

They can irritate and cause more problems than good.

Richard Rosenfeld

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I only went to law school to irritate the feminists.

Phyllis Schlafly

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Caffeine can irritate the bladder, increasing problems with urination that some people with MS already experience.

Ellen Mowry

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Keep things that may irritate the bladder away from the diet while the bedwetting is resolving like carbonated beverages, citrus, melons, caffeinated foods.

Max Maizels

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Queen Victoria, in a letter to King Leopold of Belgium, April 4, 1848

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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