The action ended what had become an increasingly irritating situation for the Special Operations forces, who checked the hospital almost daily.

His habit of repeating aloud what Selig was thinking was increasingly irritating, and there seemed to be no deterring him from that.

She raised her eyebrows, a gesture Ethan found increasingly irritating.

The man is delusional (as are his increasingly irritating fans).

As the novel's main character, though, he displays a stubborn self-righteousness that gets increasingly irritating.

Often lumped in with the overcrowded and increasingly irritating 'nu folk' scene.

The moving boulders continued to defy explanation, a fact I found increasingly irritating.

Damien's mouth curved in the condescending way that had, become increasingly irritating during the past few months.

As with other matters, we are experiencing continuous and increasingly irritating delays from the Turkish side in relation to these issues.

General Musharraf was finding this couple's determination to get justice increasingly irritating.