The background noise, the susurrus of other thoughts that was a constant presence and an occasional annoyance, was gone.

For all its imperfections and occasional annoyances, it is still a thing of wonder.

The children sometimes had trouble adjusting to his abrupt coming and going, the broken promises on outings; but Lisa, despite her own occasional annoyance, acted his advocate with them.

Indeed, General Serrano's standing in Washington has remained so high that his superiors, to their dismay and occasional annoyance, have often been eclipsed.

Opera's story is a Norse saga of smaller size, clever features, reasonable speed and occasional annoyances.

Lyrically, it acknowledges that any relationship has occasional annoyances, but these aren't enough to prompt Mraz to give up on it.

My occasional annoyance at Cohen, however, was nothing compared to Tut's.

For most people, the painful burning sensation in the chest that comes from heartburn is just an occasional mild annoyance.

Other nations tended to muffle or modulate their occasional annoyance with the country that was their shield against the Soviet threat.

Natural electrostatic phenomena are most familiar as an occasional annoyance in seasons of low humidity, but can be destructive and harmful in some situations (e.g. electronics manufacturing).