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greatly annoyed
- The air was sickly with the unnatural passion which all felt about them, and the nerves of the little household seemed to grow exasperated.29-30 — Chapters 29-30 (83% in)
- She could never, never do this, and corresponded with him continually, and he was making every effort to induce an exasperating father to change his mind.23-24 — Chapters 23-24 (58% in)
- It exasperated him that she should force him to tell lies, and he knew that he reddened when he answered that there was a demonstration at the hospital which he was bound to go to.69-70 — Chapters 69-70 (83% in)
- She was continually wondering how she would manage when it grew older; and she was exasperated with herself for being such a fool as to have it at all.73-74 — Chapters 73-74 (5% in)
- He talked fluently and well, not without humour, but with a slightly dogmatic manner: he was a journalist, it appeared, and had some thing amusing to say on every topic that was touched upon; but it exasperated Philip to find himself edged out of the conversation.79-80 — Chapters 79-80 (37% in)
- The last thing he heard, just before the end of the summer session, was that Griffiths, urbanity had given way at length under the exasperation of the constant persecution.79-80 — Chapters 79-80 (98% in)
- It exasperated him because it showed that she was not listening to anything he said, and yet, if he was silent, she reproached him for sulkiness.93-94 — Chapters 93-94 (79% in)
- Philip was exasperated by Mildred's stupidity; but he was so indifferent to her now that it was only at times she made him angry.95-96 — Chapters 95-96 (34% in)
- Mildred was driven by Philip's behaviour to a pitch of strange exasperation.95-96 — Chapters 95-96 (47% in)
- He was so cold now that it exasperated her.95-96 — Chapters 95-96 (77% in)
There are no more uses of "exasperated" in Of Human Bondage.
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