AGGRAVATING in a Sentence

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Three minutes later Levin ran full speed into the corridor, not looking at his watch for fear of aggravating his sufferings.

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 Meanings and Examples of AGGRAVATING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
aggravating
 a.  irritating; annoying; making worse or more heinous
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  It was very aggravating; but, throughout the interview, Joe persisted in addressing Me instead of Miss Havisham.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII
2  I suppose not,' returned my aunt, rather grudging the admission; 'but it's very aggravating.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
3  It was an aggravating circumstance in the case that he had no idea of this, but conceived that he was making me amends in every new discovery: not to say, heaping obligations on my head.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC
4  Three minutes later Levin ran full speed into the corridor, not looking at his watch for fear of aggravating his sufferings.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 3
5  Her tone and manner angered Amy, who began to put her boots on, saying, in her most aggravating way, "I shall go."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
6  Oh, go 'long with you, Tom, before you aggravate me again.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  It would please him, if he thought it would aggravate 'Shelby's folks,' as he calls 'em.'
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
8  The title of the offender, and the number of his followers, make no difference in the offence, unless it be to aggravate it.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  I think the Romans must have aggravated one another very much, with their noses.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
10  Anyhow, Mr. Wopsle's Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, that I should have liked to pull it until he howled.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
11  And I was so aggravated that I almost doubt if I did know.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
12  The appointed punishment for his return to the land that had cast him out, being Death, and his case being this aggravated case, he must prepare himself to Die.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVI
13  That cruel man with the wooden leg aggravated my sufferings.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
14  This feeling was aggravated by his being unable to tell her plainly the cause of his anger.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 33
15  The bread burned black; for the salad dressing so aggravated her that she could not make it fit to eat.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
Example Sentence:
1  I can't even decide which step of this adventure is the most aggravating.
2  What's aggravating is they are not in the same format so it's not like you can cut and paste.
3  Military intervention will only aggravate the conflict even further.
4  Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation.
5  Ridiculous, offensive comments like this do nothing but aggravate the situation.
6  The bad weather aggravated his illness.
7  He aggravated his condition by leaving hospital too soon.
8  Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre have further aggravated the problem of traffic congestion.
9  Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates.