He was a paper doll I would accessorize with whatever I found irritating that day: He texted during movies.
Severely irritating (>50.0‐80.0) - To maintain this rating, scores at the irritating 7-day reading must be less than or equal to 30 for 60% or more of the animals; also, the 7-day mean score must be less than or equal to 40.
Moderately irritating (>25.0‐50.0) - To maintain this rating, scores at the irritating 7-day reading must be less than or equal to 10 for 60% or more of the animals; also, the 7-day mean score must be less than or equal to 20.
I think of myself as conservative and that's why it was so irritating last Sunday in church when we were instructed to cry out gladly on cue, "He is risen indeed, Alleluia," and so I did not.
I do not know why, despite the irritating heat of the day, I remained calm at that moment and was able to focus on my daughter.
As to this matter of noun clustering discussed by Henry Hitchings ("Those Irritating Verbs-as-Nouns," Sunday Review, March 31), we'll take it up at the Thursday English composition remediation pedagogy administration oversight board committee orientation round-table evening discussion meeting.
The concert on Friday — with irritating, recited biographical intrusions by the actor Courtney B. Vance — drew on the orchestra's own arrangements.
The newly popularised (particularly in the US) but very irritating "Happy St Patty's day" is banned.
But Sandlin's incessant name-dropping — song titles, lyrics, rock groups from back in the day — quickly grows irritating; it's a first cousin of Madison Avenue's crass use of classic John Lennon and Ray Davies to sell product.
A few years ago, probably the most irritating thing about New Year's Day was running into people who couldn't resist telling you about their January detox plans: how they'd decided to spurn alcohol for a month, eat only raw foods, undergo a juice cleanse, subsist entirely on superfoods or expel liver toxins by means of special yoga poses.
