He has a maddening habit of interrupting other people.
She shows a maddening inability to control her children.
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For first-time and middle-income buyers, though, the market can be maddening.—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 26 July 2025 Underscoring just how maddening marketing can be today, however, other panelists emphasized the dangers of getting too granularly focused on servicing specific fandoms.—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025 What’s maddening is Gunn’s inability to let his characters sit in discomfort.—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025 Andreoli’s patients usually find that doing so reduces swelling, redness, and that maddening desire to scratch.—Angela Haupt, Time, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for maddening
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