Vexed in a sentence

A parallel develops between him becoming paternally protective of Jaiyah while seemingly failing his own daughter, who appears only in vexed voicemails.

For the first six months, suspicious eye contact was all she offered us, and we were vexed.

His influential book “The Invention of Art” dwells on the issues of power — even sometimes of violence and theft — that have always vexed Western fArt and its appropriations.

Late last year, McCarthy was vexed by the Senate GOP's willingness to go along with a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package.

Still, Harris’ tumbles over the past two years have vexed Democrats across the country and inside the White House, and aides say there is a nuanced but determined effort at reputational reform.

The House of Commons voted 515-29 to back a key portion of the agreement, which is designed to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations and triggered a political crisis in Belfast.

Mayor Moran proved he was unafraid to stand alone and not long later vexed a number of councillors even more by revealing plans to move forward with his draft mayoral programme without them.

Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain is in hot water with vexed parents for allegedly "ruining" that "Santa isn't real".

The increase was recommended by Ireland’s Labour Court, which intervened in the vexed stand-off between the pilots and the airline management.

The kitchen design even includes an ingenious solution to a problem that has vexed modern homeowners for decades — accessing the upper kitchen cabinets that extend to the ceiling.

According to the police, Krishnaveni took to the extreme step allegedly vexed with life, as her husband refused to give up alcohol addiction.

But on wax, she's vocal and vexed: "Need peace and reparation for my people," she sings at one point in the song.

For years, the talks between the two sides have been vexed, with some observers worrying that terrorist groups might gain a foothold in the vast desert swathe and further undermine stability in the region.

Mr Crisp is expected to be pressed on two vexed issues – why defence force personnel weren't deployed in the first few months of the program and when defence force assistance was offered, as well as who decided to use private security instead of police.

That first day a vexed emoji told me I was “stern” or “discouraged” for 16 percent of the day.

The Centre sanctioned Rs600 crore as rehabilitation package for the displaced Brus as a final solution to the vexed problem after the agreement.

The question of whether or not learners ought to return to school despite the continuing rise in Covid-19 infections in South Africa, or, if they do return, when this should happen and under what conditions has become a vexed and emotive issue.

Besides, every important functionary in the State government since then has also been talking of resolving the vexed issue of Sonsoddo garbage dump like getting right technologies.

Civil societies across Manipur have been holding protests, seeking assurances from the Centre that the solution to the vexed political issue would not be affecting Manipur’s territorial integrity.

England, while slightly vexed by their batting during the victory against Ireland at Lord’s last week and still coming down from their World Cup high, will be comforted by the fact the Ashes start here.