Wondering how to use Irritated in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as annoyed or stung.
Irritated meaning
simple past and past participle of irritate
Synonyms of Irritated
Using Irritated
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of irritate
- Useful related words include: annoyed, stung, steamed, roiled.
- In the example corpus, irritated often appears in combinations such as: irritated by, irritated and, was irritated.
Context around Irritated
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Irritated
- In this selection, "irritated" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, become, acts, frenzied, neighbors, ears and susan stand out and add context to how "irritated" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and be irritated and when and are already irritated by sharp. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "irritated" sits close to words such as abbreviation, acosta and adeleke, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with irritated
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I remember feeling really irritated by it, it seemed too much. (11 words)
Measles symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose and red and irritated eyes. (12 words)
He acts irritated that he has to run as every other candidate does. (13 words)
Also, while we like our neighbors, there is a fairly draconian HOA, which we’ve already irritated by planting the wrong kinds of trees in our yard, so I don’t think they would react positively to a nice but … eccentric camper in our driveway. (45 words)
I suspect that when the badly received Beanie Feldstein launched the revival, Barbra didn’t want to sit there and be irritated, and when Beanie’s replacement, Lea, got raves, she didn’t want to sit there and watch the standing ovations, lol. (43 words)
Regional daily Tartu Postimees says it has received several tip-offs from local residents irritated by the use of mobile electoral advertisements – usually on a trailer – which, they say, take up the already scarce parking spaces in the town. (39 words)
If you ask specific follow-up questions — Was your boss screaming or irritated when she said that to you? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
A lack of moisture in the scalp can cause the skin to become irritated and more prone to dandruff.
Also, while we like our neighbors, there is a fairly draconian HOA, which we’ve already irritated by planting the wrong kinds of trees in our yard, so I don’t think they would react positively to a nice but … eccentric camper in our driveway.
Based on the 2012 novel by and adapted from the 2015 Swedish film follows Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grouchy widower who derides and condemns his irritated neighbors.
Beef to the Scrooge on the ferry who was irritated that a mom and her two kids were giggling.
But changes to rewards programs risk angering customers, sometimes the most loyal ones, who are already irritated by sharp price increases for their favorite foods and drinks in the past year.
He acts irritated that he has to run as every other candidate does.
He added that other signs of irritated ears in dogs are scratching and head shaking.
He excels at playing an out-of-place underdog — loud, frenzied, irritated and almost always in over his head.
He said he returned to the hospital two weeks after the surgery to get the stitches removed, and he told the medics his eyes were very irritated and watering.
If you ask specific follow-up questions — Was your boss screaming or irritated when she said that to you?
I remember feeling really irritated by it, it seemed too much.
IRRITATED Susan Mearns says: “Vegans need to stop berating others about their eating habits.
I suspect that when the badly received Beanie Feldstein launched the revival, Barbra didn’t want to sit there and be irritated, and when Beanie’s replacement, Lea, got raves, she didn’t want to sit there and watch the standing ovations, lol.
It’s worth noting if you’re anxious to exceed these time frames, it won’t speed up hair loss, in fact, it will probably do the opposite and may also lead to irritated skin.
It was of course a likely last stand for this Posh team unless chairman Darragh MacAnthony becomes irritated and stubborn at the size of bids for the club’s available star players.
I was irritated, but I wasn’t quite at the level of telling them to leave.
Measles symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose and red and irritated eyes.
Over the months, she has irritated fans by posting cringeworthy TikToks and Instagram reels.
Regional daily Tartu Postimees says it has received several tip-offs from local residents irritated by the use of mobile electoral advertisements – usually on a trailer – which, they say, take up the already scarce parking spaces in the town.
Renana Gomeh, whose two sons age 12 and 16 were kidnapped by Hamas, became visibly irritated when Mitchell asked her feelings on the attacks in Gaza.
Common combinations with irritated
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: