With an exasperated sigh, she stood and sat by the fire, poking the embers absent-mindedly with a stick. |
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When guerrilla or partisan warfare further exasperated him, Grant proposed radical measures. |
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It is hypnotically disturbing to watch a pair of 10-year-old twins take turns speaking their mother's exasperated love for them. |
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With an exasperated cluck of his tongue he rushed to the shower, and got ready. |
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Although motorists have been exasperated by delays caused by the repairs, the work hasn't cost taxpayers a penny. |
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This is partly because he is compassionate about the suffering of ordinary Europeans, but also exasperated by their masochism and perverseness. |
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Yet this apparent stonewalling has exasperated the Hong Kong press, which portrays her as imperious and arrogant. |
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This phrase is intoned in exactly the same exasperated moany, whingy way, no matter what the state of play. |
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Like many other people in business, I have become increasingly frustrated and exasperated with the masters of the black art of spin. |
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She gave an exasperated sigh as she turned the steering wheel to the right to make a turn. |
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She heaves a loud, exasperated sigh, and obviously decides it's futile to argue with me. |
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Well folks I'm twitterpated, exasperated and surprisingly enough a little laminated so I'm hitting the bubbler and heading for bed. G'Night! |
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But she became exasperated by the saga and decided she wanted her cash back. |
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The reader will feel unread, uneducated, utterly exasperated with him or herself for missing the reference entirely. |
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As exasperated as she was, something about the man's unswervable determination appealed to the Duchess. |
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But his vanity, pettiness and egocentrism exasperated even his closest friends. |
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Adam tries to object to this and other outrages, but he's so flustered that all that comes out are exasperated spoonerisms. |
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I recall Edward feeling frustrated and exasperated with this new attempt to defame him and discredit his work, but as usual, the attempt failed. |
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It's brilliant to see people reacting with this gentle, exasperated humour rather than resorting to hateful tirades and overzealous flag flying. |
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More often than not her exasperated and slightly pained expression could only hint at the atrocities I had committed upon her native tongue. |
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When Sawyer finally pinned him down, exasperated he came out with this gem. |
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As for her, she's just plain exasperated, what with that nose hanging off her face and a score pounding nonstop at her temples. |
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A Papal Bull condemning astrology was issued by the exasperated Pope, and the Church's tolerance with astrology fell to an all-time low. |
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The body-language and exasperated laughter of tourists made it clear that they really believed I had queue-jumped. |
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He stared for one more minute then collapsed into his wicker chair, exasperated. |
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The inspector is not always right, and is often as exasperated and confused as any noir protagonist. |
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I am also getting exasperated with the apparent lack of will to achieve our deadline. |
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The entire scene was roped off, and exasperated policemen were shooing annoying news reporters away from the building. |
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Privately, court officials admit they are becoming increasingly exasperated by the very system they serve. |
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She finally asked after an awkward pause, exasperated with their indecision. |
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For a moment during this litany, her tone of voice takes on a sharp, exasperated edge. |
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Jahn glanced at his chopsticks, bento lunch, and then gave him an exasperated look. |
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A midnight feast was demanded and provided, in an exasperated but tolerant manner. |
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Sometimes Evie was exasperated at her mother's impracticality. |
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In the end, the exasperated adults were compelled to employ the services of a piper, who bewitched the children with music and led them into a hollow mountain. |
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After angrily sharing a secret about the friend who posted about him, he catches himself and laughs, exasperated. |
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He may have been particularly exasperated because he had just been texting with his wife about dinner. |
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She looked at him, casting him an irritating, exasperated look. |
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He let an exasperated sigh escape his lips, what had he done now? |
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Some supporters have grown exasperated by his inconsistent crossing. |
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I have exasperated all and sundry and got on everyone's nerves. |
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The Ladrones were much exasperated, and determined to revenge themselves. |
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Those of us who toil every day at the Headquarters of the United Nations have become a little exasperated at seeing our institutional obituaries in the press. |
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As I hasten to reassure these exasperated moms and dads, I had to be in the office anyway. |
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Finally, an exasperated Eisenhower ordered the support necessary to help recover Paris. |
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One member in particular, Colonel Leicester Stanhope, exasperated Byron by wasting money on nonsense. |
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My exasperated teacher believed the Lucky Gonk I took into the exam as a talisman would have got more. |
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The finance minister had reason to be exasperated. Britain's economic future hinges on Europe, and this is no time for animus. |
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The meatness of me and the cancer exasperated me and wore me out, so I retreated from my traitorous body. |
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While this exasperated some writers, others admitted the director inspired them to do their very best work. |
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The campaign was a failure, and an exasperated Montfort declared that Henry should be locked up like King Charles the Simple. |
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The negotiations exasperated the Roman soldiers who seemed to hold the stronger position, but they gained precious time for Fritigern. |
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I remember my mother standing exasperated in the rain with the brolly over her head at dusk while I frog-kicked around in my speedos. |
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She heaves an exasperated sigh that would do a shop assistant in a toffy dress emporium proud. |
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Her harried mother and older sisters are exasperated but go along with her pretense, even when she leaves school and is seen as a mental case. |
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John Malkovich lends support as an exasperated director who miscasts the actor in an adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses. |
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Another reason is they are just exasperated by the two-party system. |
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The American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest. |
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The adopted son of an East Coast hoser and a francophone mother, little Gordie adored his mum and became progressively more exasperated by his father. |
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Having attended the Town match on Tuesday night I continue to be exasperated as to why referees and linesmen cannot identify the clearest of penalty incidents. |
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Throughout the historical section Gildas's writing has the distinct aspect of a thoroughly Romanophilic native exasperated with the obstinacy of his fellow colonials. |
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An exhausted and exasperated Olivier screamed an obscenity at her and slapped her face, and a devastated Leigh slapped him in return, dismayed that he would hit her publicly. |
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