How to Use exasperating in a Sentence

exasperating

adjective
  • The process to get the story on the air has been exasperating.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The kids ran into his arms with the most exasperating delight.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 May 2024
  • Shopping for a new car or truck can be exhausting and exasperating.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Still, these exasperating people should be free to ignore your very sound advice and remain in your care.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • For the owners, the predicament can be exasperating and stressful.
    — Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
  • The usual first response to the exasperating enigma is that size might make the difference.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Parker has to spend these early episodes in mourning, which is both logical and exasperating.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The loveable Vera is exasperating, and this book is a delight.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
  • The lack of a consistent voice can get confusing and exasperating.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The exasperating grind of his worst stretch as a Dodger also appeared to mentally be wearing him out.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • Visible symptoms ranging from weight gain, acne, and skin tags to hirsutism and hair loss can be exasperating.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 21 July 2023
  • And the less said about the didactic, exasperating finale, the better.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Rivers had turned 25 a month before the exasperating loss to the Patriots.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • That these men are essentially right about each other has made the proceedings no less exasperating for their constituents.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2021
  • This waiting can be tedious, exasperating, and disheartening at times—just ask any seven-year-old.
    — Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • An exasperating offseason could be on the horizon for Cleveland fans.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • As portrayed by Drea and Salazar, Stefan and Katie are easy to like, even at their most exasperating.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • For moviegoers, there is no more delicious—or more exasperating—enticement than the art of the withheld.
    — The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
  • That's an exasperating reality for thousands of fliers in the US each year.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Then a fadeout leaves the plot’s principal mystery dangling in a way more exasperating than enigmatic.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 16 Nov. 2021
  • After sitting for so long in an exasperating holding pattern, the Americans found a rhythm.
    — Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2022
  • Four losses that might come back to haunt Dallas at season’s end, none more exasperating than Sunday’s result.
    — Dallas News, 20 Nov. 2022
  • One of the more exasperating TV trends of the last few years is shows telling stories out of chronological order for no good reason.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2022
  • That provides a modicum of a happy face on something that otherwise is decidedly a sad and exasperating face.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The other survivor to par was Viktor Hovland, who has been smiling as much as anyone on a course that has been exasperating to so many all week.
    — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
  • The aloof and elusive nature of cats is perhaps their most distinctive feature, endearing to some and exasperating to others.
    — Andrew C. Kitchener, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • But dropping the gloves can feel like an exasperating last act born of desperation and hopelessness - a door that slams behind you, leaves you in the dark and seldom reopens.
    — Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Tracking Lake’s journey to her current role has been an exasperating prospect for many who knew her as an anchor in Phoenix - a spiral of questions with no end.
    — Ruby Cramer, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Lane pours himself into the role with a forensic attention to detail — exasperating, pathetic and pitiable in equal measure.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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