He told himself it merely annoyed him to have his son constantly assigning him dialogue and action for the day's activities.

He states that it is a "lazy copout that no longer frightens horses in the street, merely annoys and ultimately bores an intelligent reader".

She doesn't hurt people, merely annoys them.

Half a dozen light cruisers had been weaving through the formations of Hachai dreadnoughts, not so much fighting anyone as merely annoying their enemies.

At first, the car alarm that began blaring on a residential street in TriBeCa yesterday morning merely annoyed the neighbors.

In fact, plugging in wrong numbers can have far more serious consequences than merely annoying the public.

Greenberg saw that the sound disturbed Matlock-not merely annoyed him, but disturbed him; perhaps frightened him.

It may even merely annoy them, cause them pain.

Rukmini Pollepalli was merely annoyed at first.