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The phrase "a bit indignant when" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling of mild anger or annoyance in response to a specific situation or action.
Example: "She felt a bit indignant when her hard work was overlooked during the meeting."
Alternatives: "somewhat offended when" or "a little upset when".
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Mr. Ressam, who spent much of his testimony leaning toward his Arabic interpreter and gesturing distractedly, seemed a bit indignant when asked about the dogs.
She was a bit indignant when the viola player signalled an usher between numbers & whispered a message, evidently some sort of reproof, which the usher relayed to the children.
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I was a bit indignant at the time.
"Well," the woman replied, a bit indignant, "I'm in a teacher-training program".
"This wasn't something I sort of wound up doing or got in to," he said by phone from his Manhattan apartment, sounding a bit indignant at the thought.
"Those in the south west of England probably feel a bit indignant about some of the arguments by the Yes campaign.
"Our customers are regular people!" exclaimed a waiter, indignant, when asked why neighborhood folks go here rather than the Waverly Inn and other star-magnets nearby.
One has a guy with a big taco for a head try to order a taco at a restaurant and gets indignant when the taco vendor seems confused.
A bit noisy when full.
Democrats had their turn to become indignant when Mr. Bush's nomination acceptance speech appropriated some of Clinton's own phraseology, like "Medicare reflects our values as a society".
I wince when I hear stay-at-home acquaintances slam an employed mother and become indignant when working friends wonder what stay-at-home moms do all day.
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