Trying not to sound too exasperated, I told her my name again.

"You may be right, but I still need to know how much it's going to cost me," said Victor, who was beginning to sound exasperated.

"I've lost you again," Anna said, beginning to sound exasperated.

"God knows what business it is of yours," Sheila said, sounding exasperated.

"It's no problem," he said, trying not to sound exasperated.

The phone rang and Josh came past me, back into the kitchen, sounding exasperated.

"You're so much trouble," Eric said, and yet he didn't sound exasperated.

"I don't even know what minerals are being tapped to provide energy, yet," she said, sounding exasperated.

The operator sounded exasperated, like he was talking to a cretin.

He sounded exasperated, like a teacher with two dunces for pupils.