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It was annoying to come upon that everlasting slovenliness in the farm work against which he had been striving with all his might for so many years.
Anna Karenina(V1) By Leo Tolstoy
ContextIt was annoying that Selden, when he came, should find that particular visitor in possession, but Lily was mistress of the art of ridding herself of superfluous company, and to her present mood Rosedale seemed distinctly negligible.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextKrempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself, which happily turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me.
Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
ContextHe coughed nervously and waved his hands and repeated his annoying remark about her sweet pretty little head.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextShe told me with amusement how Ordinsky, the Pole, had presented himself at her door one evening, and said that if the landlord was annoying her by his attentions, he would promptly put a stop to it.
It came back vividly to my mind a few days ago, and has remained haunting me like an annoying tune that one cannot get rid of.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
ContextI should doubtless, find on my return my temporary retirement in a state of great disorder, which would be exceedingly annoying, not for the loss it occasioned me, but because I should not have the certainty I now possess of separating myself from all the rest of mankind at pleasure.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
ContextMeanwhile, the cardinal looked anxiously for news from England; but no news arrived that was not annoying and threatening.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS By Alexandre Dumas
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