How to Use irksome in a Sentence

irksome

adjective
Definition of irksomenext
Synonyms for irksomenext
  • In recent weeks, the news from the U.S. side has been somewhat irksome.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The irksome side effect is that many search results now look the same.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Once viewed as an irksome kids’ toy or a punchline, the stand-up scooter is on the rise.
    — Laura Neilson, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020
  • But the irksome bit then is: Why not use a Chinese model?
    — Sable Yong, Allure, 4 Aug. 2017
  • And yes, ceding bragging rights to them was a bit irksome.
    — Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2017
  • Liz enlists the help of her irksome next-door neighbor, Wes.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 14 Sep. 2022
  • What is irksome is restrictions are not based on the size of a building.
    — oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Judge Jackson appeared to find the request a bit irksome.
    — Jessica Estepa, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2017
  • This can be quite irksome to those that side with being serious and sober about AI Ethics.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • But the new position of some of the tents appears more irksome to the Israeli military.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • His lazy, nasally clue reading was irksome and interrupted the flow of the game play.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Or if not die, at least grow stale, repetitive, irksome?
    — Richard Lawson, vanityfair.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The 55% figure also is irksome because it’s not what was written in the abstract or the paper.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2016
  • NordVPN aims to prevent this kind of tracking and protect you from irksome ads.
    — PCMAG, 14 June 2024
  • These newest players were as irksome as the others, and plainly naïve.
    — John Heilemann, WIRED, 1 Aug. 1996
  • Many weeds are irksome or obnoxious, but some are even noxious by law.
    — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 1 June 2018
  • Another way to get through this testy time: Come up with a game plan that’ll make your hangs less irksome, Dr. Smalls-Mantey recommends.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The birds also relieve their noble steeds of irksome biting flies and ticks that call the maritime forest home.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2019
  • While there were plenty of crucial moments gone wrong late, the guard’s foul trouble — and having to miss six pivotal minutes down the stretch — was irksome to him and the rest of the team.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • What’s irksome is the gravity often given to it by those covering the games.
    — Sam Donnellon, Philly.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Many will take delight in the fact, which others will find irksome, that Donald Trump is also on her list, whose members number 17 in all.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • This is great news for Matty Matheson and Abby Elliott, but the trend itself is an irksome one.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 May 2024
  • The stadium’s sound system was irksome to those in certain sections, but that’s getting fixed.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2023
  • These cute traps are shaped like little apples — an eye-pleasing solution to get rid of irksome fruit flies buzzing around produce and trash cans.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The characters bounce off one another, either to illustrate some irksome aspect of medicine or simply to be the butt of a joke.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Stella is far from alone in this, but the premature bill delivery near the meal’s end is a little irksome, especially when the bill and dessert show up at the same time.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Now women’s birth control—much of which still comes with plenty of irksome, sometimes risky, side effects—seems due for some kickbacks.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Perhaps the most irksome change Diablo 3 introduced to the series was the shift to a lighter, friendlier aesthetic.
    — Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 30 May 2023
  • There’s one part of the national discourse this season around the three teams that the Bengals have found particularly irksome.
    — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
  • In an interview, Ms. Nir spoke about why parking in the city has become so irksome and a recent proposal for a new kind of parking system.
    — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023

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