"I don't understand what you're talking about," he protested, beginning to sound annoyed.

"You hardly gave me an opportunity," Cat said, taking care to sound annoyed.

But - you sounded very annoyed just now with him.

Robin still sounded annoyed, but felt a little bit less so since it appeared that her mother was actually starting to understand.

Blake tried to sound annoyed, but his smile ruined the effect.

She did not sound annoyed, but there was no preliminary talk.

He sounded annoyed, as if it were all my fault.

She sounded annoyed with him for even thinking such a thing.

And, of course, she needed to sound annoyed at first, to make it all right on the telephone.'

His color had begun to come back; now he sounded annoyed.