Carrington could see that she thought it unworthy of him, and he knew that it would irritate her.
Madeleine was not an orthodox member of the church; sermons bored her, and clergymen never failed to irritate every nerve in her excitable system.
I don't care much for Ludlow myself; but he doesn't irritate me the way he does Berri, and I do think there must be something to him.
Duggie got very red, and I think he considered Berri unusually cheeky and impertinent, but he did n't snub him and I 'm sure Berri was disappointed; he loves to irritate people.
These collect in the nasal passages, and the upper part of the larynx, and irritate the membrane, perhaps laying the foundation of catarrh.
Krishaber affirms: "It is generally admitted that alcoholic beverages and tobacco irritate the mucous membrane of the throat, directly affect the voice, and leave on it ineffaceable traces.
Berlin is too weak for defence; why, then, should we irritate the enemy by useless opposition?
The honorable citizens of this town are not called on to spill their blood in useless fighting, nor to irritate the wrath of the enemy by resistance.
Let him prick his nose with it, to irritate him; but slightly, drawing back at the same time.
Her temper was strangely uncertain; some chance word in a conversation would irritate her beyond endurance, and after an outburst of petulant displeasure she became obstinately mute.
Now you say whatever you know will irritate me, and you say it on purpose to irritate me.
I think it's only very unreasonable people that irritate me.
Presently the Dutch made war upon England, and the king felt it to be unwise to irritate the people of Massachusetts beyond endurance.
I don't understand your sitting in silence, and leaving it entirely to the others to put the case on your side--until Sir Patrick said something which happened to irritate you.
I have to ask which is the least of the two evils--to risk letting you travel, or to irritate you by keeping you at home.
It would only irritate him if he came and found her crying.
The least effort to concentrate his thoughts for more than a few minutes seems to irritate his brain.
Must not every breast in which humanity is not extinguished, irritate itself against that theoretical speculation, which in almost every country is made to speak the language of capricious, inhuman, irrational tyrants?
Superstitious systems can effect nothing against my irrevocable decrees, which will that man shall ever irritate himself against the cause of his sorrows.
Do not irritate their pride by too frequent corrections; but when you are obliged to make one, do not admire the girl who is corrected for taking it properly.
I must beg you as an especial favor to myself, that you will do all you can to soothe rather than irritate Caroline, in the short time that intervenes before you go to London.
His amusement then consisted, as usual, in trying every method to annoy and irritate his wife, and in endeavoring to make his son exactly like himself.
Arethusa alternated between a desire to slap him for his suddenly acquired society veneer which had such power to irritate her, and a desire to weep the bitterest and most scalding tears for the completeness of his defection.
I will not irritate you by assuring you that the world is full of desirable women-women that will appeal to you two years hence precisely as Miss Brookes appeals to you now.
Mr. Brookes could not refrain from foolish laughter, and in a moment of wretched despair he declared that it would be all the same in a hundred years time--a remark which would not have failed to irritate Berkins if he had not fainted.
Was she really fond of him; trying to consult his wishes and not to irritate him?
She wouldn't irritate him like Ruth: he wouldn't see through all her motives; they need not fight for years.
This had the effect intended: the lion rose from the bodies and advanced toward the party, who stood still hallooing at him, but not attempting to irritate him by presenting their guns.
After retreating a few steps, it turned back to face them; the whole party continued on the same spot, neither advancing so as to irritate him, nor retreating so as to let the animal suppose that they were afraid of him.
The truth is, I hadn't the heart to irritate the girl by another of my smart replies.
Not to irritate your curiosity, as he irritated mine, I may here inform you that he had come back from Frizinghall provided with a search-warrant.
If he could confuse ME, or irritate HER into breaking out, either she or I might have said something which would answer his purpose.
And in spite of all her care she did irritate him by her every gesture and by her very presence, for she was not very adroit, and he was not very indulgent.
She seemed to be driven always to say stupid things, to repeat senseless words again and again, to irritate Christophe, to exasperate him, set his nerves on edge, and make him almost beside himself.
It is shocking, however, to observe the effect of panic to irritate the instincts of cruelty and sanguinary violence, even in the gentlest minds.
The reproach only seemed to irritate Danira still more.
Do you want at the first moment of meeting to irritate your parents against you?
I fly you, O Elinor, not to irritate those feelings I dare not hope to soothe!
Vivian looked down on her as a Newfoundland might look down on a small and impetuous-minded King Charles, who is hoping to irritate him.
You are cruelly unjust," answered the Warden, in those smooth tones that irritate one much more than "hard swearing.
