Sentence examples for a persistent irritant from inspiring English sources

Later in her life, the issue of her religious heritage became a persistent irritant.

But in high school, the issue of "acting black" was starting to become a persistent irritant.

The problems are "a persistent irritant," Raytheon's chief executive, Daniel Burnham, said today in a conference call with analysts.

The coup was a turning point in modern Iranian history and remains a persistent irritant in Tehran-Washington relations.

Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter-faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn.

"If Germany is downgraded, that is the end," said the CSU's leader, Horst Seehofer, a persistent irritant to Mrs Merkel.

The current era in Scottish-English relations began in the late 1990s, when Tony Blair's Labor government addressed the persistent irritant of Scottish nationalism by giving the Scots more power to settle their own affairs.

The clues we here report may identify the "persistent irritant".

But there are few more persistent irritants than Representative Bernard Sanders, the democratic socialist from Vermont who is one of two independents in the House.

But with no stunning news event or resolution to the financial markets' persistent irritants, some questioned the reasons behind the size of the surge on Tuesday.

Iran and Hezbollah, the region's most persistent irritants to the United States and Israel, have tied up considerable resources and manpower propping up Assad's regime and establishing new militias.