How do you use Annoy in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like rag or devil, plus the exact meaning.
Annoy in a sentence
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Annoy meaning
- To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
- To molest; to harm; to injure.
Synonyms of Annoy
Using Annoy
- The main meaning on this page is: To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. | To molest; to harm; to injure.
- Useful related words include: rag, devil, chafe, vex.
- In the example corpus, annoy often appears in combinations such as: to annoy, annoy the, annoy her.
Context around Annoy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 10 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Annoy
- In this selection, "annoy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, certainly, others, originalists, others and taya stand out and add context to how "annoy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include almost certainly annoy originalists and before they annoy your neighbours. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "annoy" sits close to words such as accumulates, adventurers and agribusiness, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with annoy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Flight attendants don’t say this before every flight to annoy passengers. (12 words)
She may see it as being helpful, though it would annoy me too. (13 words)
When they're together, Dazai does his best to annoy and pester Kunikida. (13 words)
I remember very well, and it used to fascinate me and annoy to a certain extent, when spending much time in Russia in the early and mid ’90s, that so many young Russians spoke English with an American accent. (39 words)
He bought me a Chad Pennington jersey after he took over, and I wore it to school — mostly to annoy my friends who were fans, but also because I loved being part of the fandom. (35 words)
People, on the other hand, will continue to do the usual crap they do with tech: Spy on others, scam others, annoy others and generally use great possibilities for sub-par or outright negative efforts. (35 words)
But at what stage do we question whether the amount of time Mark Allen is taking over simple decisions is a tactic to annoy his opponent? (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
He bought me a Chad Pennington jersey after he took over, and I wore it to school — mostly to annoy my friends who were fans, but also because I loved being part of the fandom.
Hoe off emerging annual weeds, or pull the larger ones up, before they annoy your neighbours.
However, Filoni and Co.'s use of the character will almost certainly annoy originalists.
I remember very well, and it used to fascinate me and annoy to a certain extent, when spending much time in Russia in the early and mid ’90s, that so many young Russians spoke English with an American accent.
It might not destroy your life, but it is going to annoy tf out of you.
Janice only lets me see her once a week because she says I start to annoy her after more than 24 hours.
People, on the other hand, will continue to do the usual crap they do with tech: Spy on others, scam others, annoy others and generally use great possibilities for sub-par or outright negative efforts.
She may see it as being helpful, though it would annoy me too.
The two continue their journey to Bill and Frank's where Ellie continues to annoy and pester Joel about a bunch of miscellaneous things, but he remains short with her.
What follows is a series of embarrassing encounters where Peter continues to annoy his idol.
When they're together, Dazai does his best to annoy and pester Kunikida.
You love them—not just a part of them (but certainly there may be things that annoy us or make us feel closer to them).
You spread your energies too thinly across too many things and none of them will go well (which will annoy and dispirit you).
But at what stage do we question whether the amount of time Mark Allen is taking over simple decisions is a tactic to annoy his opponent?
Coleen Rooney has revealed the embarrassing habit her husband, Wayne Rooney, believes could annoy her I'm A Celebrity.
Dustin slugs away to start and goes outside to annoy Taya for a bonus.
Flight attendants don’t say this before every flight to annoy passengers.
In trotting out the usual feeble and hollow excuses, a top planner claimed that a u-turn at this stage – to go back to the previous traffic system – would “annoy” drivers.
Personally, I like calling it Twitter – partly because “X” sounds so stupid, but also because it’s fun seeing how much I can annoy some people.
Plus the exhaust system is fitted with a swish stainless steel silencer so you won't annoy the when you fire it up in the morning.
Common combinations with annoy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to annoy 37×
- annoy the 12×
- annoy her 8×
- annoy me 8×
- annoy and 6×
- annoy his 5×
- annoy some 5×
- would annoy 4×
- that annoy 4×
- will annoy 4×