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Example sentences for "irritably"

Lexicographically close words:
irrigating; irrigation; irrigations; irritability; irritable; irritant; irritants; irritate; irritated; irritates
  1. There were many English people on the boat, and Sylvia watched them with such concentration that several elderly ladies at whom she stared in turn thought she was waiting for them to be sick, and irritably waved her away.

  2. Henry came back and took up his position behind Sylvia's chair; she felt very solemn and excited, and asked her father rather irritably why he was muttering.

  3. It was close upon ten o'clock when at length he rose and irritably rang the bell.

  4. Johnny followed him, and the Captain faced round on him, irritably demanding what the devil he wanted.

  5. There he took the hoe and started irritably to work on a bed near the front door; it was some relief to his feelings to scratch the ground since he could not scratch anything else.

  6. Swiftly she dismissed the memory, irritably chasing it from her mind, for was it not five long, black, incomprehensible weeks since Peter had vanished from her ken?

  7. Nan flushed scarlet and wriggled irritably in his embrace.

  8. When I climbed aboard the despatch-boat at Key West, the mate told me irritably that as soon as we crossed the bar, we would find ourselves monkey-climbing over heavy seas.

  9. After the surgeon had hastily and irritably bandaged the injured member he glared at Martin and said, "You can walk all right, can't you?

  10. The Johnson sped on at her nine knots, and Little Nell chafed exceedingly, gloating upon the shore through his glasses, anon glancing irritably over the side to note the efforts of the excited tug.

  11. Get away aft and turn in at once," he called irritably to her.

  12. Once he slapped irritably at a mosquito which had escaped the double net over the tent door.

  13. He was continually thrusting himself forward to whisper fussily to him, but the latter scarcely answered him, or muttered something irritably to get rid of him.

  14. Her eyes strayed irritably and suspiciously over all our faces.

  15. But the lame man rose irritably to the bait.

  16. His smile vanished, and he settled his hideous spectacles irritably on the bridge of his nose.

  17. Miss Gwilt looked up at him irritably from her work.

  18. With which somewhat cryptic statement Susan turned and marched irritably into the house.

  19. He tapped the floor irritably with his foot, and eyed her for a second or so in silence.

  20. He dug his heel into the ground and uprooted little tufts of grass and kicked them irritably aside.

  21. Gibbs was wearied the moment he entered, and irritably waved aside the sleek, foppish floor-walker.

  22. His mind was too tired to work longer, and he was only irritably conscious of some unpleasant interruption when any one spoke.

  23. Othmar rose from where he had been half kneeling at her feet; his face was very flushed, and his eyes grew angry; he was irritably sensible of having made himself absurd in her eyes.

  24. My dear Otho,' she said a little irritably one day when he had answered her with wandering attention, 'you are very pensive and distrait since you came to Russia.

  25. Irritably conscious that his reproof had been misinterpreted, the first citizen riveted his gaze upon the Lindon Evening News.

  26. After years of intimacy it was this unexpressed opposition more than the fancied loss of Kennicott's love which held Vida irritably fascinated.

  27. He went about the house inquiring irritably for them.

  28. Then Arthur would stir in his arm-chair and look irritably at her.

  29. Well, of course, it will be polished," Avery irritably explained.

  30. On hearing approaching footsteps, the monster irritably raised its head, opened wide its jaws, and cast a sidelong glance at its assailant.

  31. With that Banfi rode off to Klausenburg, and Michael Angel irritably stuck his sword into its sheath and told the troops that they might rest if they felt tired.

  32. He began to be irritably jealous for Rose's place in the world.

  33. Above all things be respected his own leisure, and was abnormally, irritably sensitive as to any possible inroads upon it.

  34. As the day appointed for the opening of the court approached, he seemed to falter a little in his resolution; his manner became restless; and he grew irritably suspicious about the merest trifles.

  35. She pushed the cat irritably off her shoulder; she welcomed me with only the faint reflection of her bright customary smile.

  36. He tossed about in pain and fever, irritably deciding that his bandage hurt him, and he must recall the doctor, when he heard Sorell's voice at the door.

  37. Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, "what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!

  38. At the last stroke of the clock she left her chair, listened attentively, and still hearing nothing, shook the maid irritably by the shoulder, and stamped on the floor to arouse the steward.

  39. He paused irritably in turning the handle of the mill when his servant appeared at the door.

  40. The housekeeper, exasperated by this affectation of indifference, whispered to him irritably to keep his eye on the foreigner, as it was quite as much as she could do to look after the lady in the quiet dress.

  41. Willoughby frowned, and irritably ruffled the papers in his hand.

  42. Willoughby fluttered his papers more irritably than before.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "irritably" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.