Sentence examples for thereby irritating from inspiring English sources

Russia violated the 1999 deadline, saying it needed more time to complete the deliveries under existing obligations, thereby irritating the United States, which complained to Russian officials.

While studying in Nanjing the following year, however, Chen learned that the program was illegal, and he petitioned central authorities in Beijing to end the system, thereby irritating local officials.

Moreover, when urine is excreted into the absorbent pad, urea in the urine is broken down to ammonia, which tends to tip the scale towards the alkaline side, thereby irritating the skin.

Richard Nixon, who had become president of the United States six months earlier, called it "the greatest week in the history of the world since the creation," thereby inadvertently irritating the faithful among several of the world's greatest religions.

Dr. Focht said he believed the tape worked in the same way that most other wart treatments work -- by irritating the skin, thereby stimulating an immune system response that wiped out the viral infection that had caused the wart.

Profoundly irritating.

The disappointments are irritating.

It is irritating.

Still, he is irritating.

They are irritating enough.

This was irritating.