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It wasn't simply the irritating Beijing cough that was attacking residents daily — it was something much worse. – Daniel Gardner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's still a long way to go until the next election in 2024 and, without the European Union, Boris Johnson needs a new enemy that appeals to Boris Johnson base, scotland is nearly perfect, as lots of English voters think Scots get a great deal out of European Union and find the complaining a little irritating. – Rob Ford	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Issues will come bubbling up in different ways, when everything is irritating you about the other person, that is when you have to look at yourself and why you are so triggered. – Karen Bridbord	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The U.S. had better not put our patience to the test any longer with such remarks irritating us if it doesn't want to have bitter regrets afterwards. – Choe Son Hui	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This incident could be irritating for Russia, yet will hardly be a major setback for a relationship already under immense strain due to various issues such as sanctions. – Anthony Rinna	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Of course things were tough at times, and the injury was in a different place from the last time, so the treatment and recovery were different too, which was irritating, but I was able to recover for the Olympics, which gives me confidence - and I think the final step before happiness is suffering. – Yuzuru Hanyu	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Our nose, mouth and throat contain nerve endings that sense painful and irritating chemicals in the inhaled air. For example, the burning, stinging feeling elicited by smoke inhalation is mediated by these nerve endings. They also trigger sneezing and cough, basically to defend the lungs from inhaling toxic chemicals, the new chemicals we identified in e-cigarettes activate these nerve endings more strongly. Especially when activated over a longer period, as in smokers, and potentially in e-cigarette users, these mechanisms have been shown to cause inflammation and asthma and contribute to emphysema. – Sven Jordt	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There was a boy that the group found irritating, and I participated in picking on him, some things I did. Some things I watched. Some things I just laughed at. And I'm, 40 years later, ashamed of James Comey, and it taught me a lot about James Comey and about people in groups. – James Comey	Found on CNN 6 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
You can't win a struggle without irritating those who you are trying to convert, we need to get across the message that feminism is not about hating men, hating those who don't buy into our agenda, but it is about extending and advancing women's rights .. and ending the deep prejudices against women that still exist. – Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
All that stuff has sugar which will change the bacteria and yeast proportions which can cause infections. Those substances can also be irritating to the vaginal skin, so it might seem like a good idea at the time, but you may have either vaginal irritation or a vaginal infection afterwards. – Raquel Dardik	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
For me as a voter it is downright irritating that a diplomat should come here and tell us how to live or how our voters should live. – Janos Lazar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Any blood in your spinal fluid is very irritating to the brain and gives you a headache. – Amber Luong	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's irritating, but I've decided if I'm going to get to work, I have to deal with it, i just have to get through it. – Gabby Whitaker	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It can be a bit irritating when someone asks me how the new film's coming along when I haven't worked on Harry Potter for two years. Generally speaking, I have no problem with it. Most actors go through their careers without ever being involved in something so spectacular, so I think it would be a bit ignorant of me to object to being associated with it. Harry Potter is an amazing thing. I'm not just being diplomatic here either. I'm still reminded regularly of what a unique experience it was. – Sean Biggerstaff	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. – W. H. Auden	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals. – Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi"	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. – Don Herold	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you. – Kin Hubbard	added by anonymous 14 years ago
May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery. – Baron Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies. – Jeanne-Marie Roland	added by anonymous 14 years ago
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. – Evelyn Underhill	added by anonymous 14 years ago

It wasn't simply the irritating Beijing cough that was attacking residents daily — it was something much worse.

– Daniel Gardner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's still a long way to go until the next election in 2024 and, without the European Union, Boris Johnson needs a new enemy that appeals to Boris Johnson base, scotland is nearly perfect, as lots of English voters think Scots get a great deal out of European Union and find the complaining a little irritating.

– Rob Ford

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Issues will come bubbling up in different ways, when everything is irritating you about the other person, that is when you have to look at yourself and why you are so triggered.

– Karen Bridbord

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The U.S. had better not put our patience to the test any longer with such remarks irritating us if it doesn't want to have bitter regrets afterwards.

– Choe Son Hui

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This incident could be irritating for Russia, yet will hardly be a major setback for a relationship already under immense strain due to various issues such as sanctions.

– Anthony Rinna

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Of course things were tough at times, and the injury was in a different place from the last time, so the treatment and recovery were different too, which was irritating, but I was able to recover for the Olympics, which gives me confidence - and I think the final step before happiness is suffering.

– Yuzuru Hanyu

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Our nose, mouth and throat contain nerve endings that sense painful and irritating chemicals in the inhaled air. For example, the burning, stinging feeling elicited by smoke inhalation is mediated by these nerve endings. They also trigger sneezing and cough, basically to defend the lungs from inhaling toxic chemicals, the new chemicals we identified in e-cigarettes activate these nerve endings more strongly. Especially when activated over a longer period, as in smokers, and potentially in e-cigarette users, these mechanisms have been shown to cause inflammation and asthma and contribute to emphysema.

– Sven Jordt

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There was a boy that the group found irritating, and I participated in picking on him, some things I did. Some things I watched. Some things I just laughed at. And I'm, 40 years later, ashamed of James Comey, and it taught me a lot about James Comey and about people in groups.

– James Comey

Found on CNN
6 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

You can't win a struggle without irritating those who you are trying to convert, we need to get across the message that feminism is not about hating men, hating those who don't buy into our agenda, but it is about extending and advancing women's rights .. and ending the deep prejudices against women that still exist.

– Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

All that stuff has sugar which will change the bacteria and yeast proportions which can cause infections. Those substances can also be irritating to the vaginal skin, so it might seem like a good idea at the time, but you may have either vaginal irritation or a vaginal infection afterwards.

– Raquel Dardik

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

For me as a voter it is downright irritating that a diplomat should come here and tell us how to live or how our voters should live.

– Janos Lazar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Any blood in your spinal fluid is very irritating to the brain and gives you a headache.

– Amber Luong

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's irritating, but I've decided if I'm going to get to work, I have to deal with it, i just have to get through it.

– Gabby Whitaker

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It can be a bit irritating when someone asks me how the new film's coming along when I haven't worked on Harry Potter for two years. Generally speaking, I have no problem with it. Most actors go through their careers without ever being involved in something so spectacular, so I think it would be a bit ignorant of me to object to being associated with it. Harry Potter is an amazing thing. I'm not just being diplomatic here either. I'm still reminded regularly of what a unique experience it was.

– Sean Biggerstaff

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

– W. H. Auden

added by anonymous
10 years ago

It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.

– Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

– Don Herold