| 单词 | exasperatingly |
| 例句 | If only he will speak tonight I Judith lingered exasperatingly in front of the little mirror that evening. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At exasperatingly frequent intervals, the path was broken by steep, thickly bouldered streams, frozen solid and ribbed with blue ice, which could only be negotiated in a crablike crouch. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a film that exasperatingly failed to deliver on its promise, featuring a somewhat self-conscious performance from Marling. Sound of My Voice – review 2012-08-02T20:45:01Z The right Miss Adelaide, the nightclub singer who has been exasperatingly engaged to Nathan for 14 years, can walk away with “Guys and Dolls,” which is precisely what the amazing Megan Mullally did here. Theater Review: ‘Guys and Dolls’ Is Performed as a Benefit for Carnegie Hall 2014-04-04T22:08:20Z Not only was his misjudged Channel Five remake of Minder quickly axed but Sky1's Don't Forget The Lyrics! is a gameshow even more exasperatingly terrible than its titular exclamation mark suggests. Kat's back! EastEnders celebrates the homecoming of Mr and Mrs Alfie Moon 2010-09-21T13:33:00Z Back on the cosmic tin can, the mysterious woman finally breaks her silence: “When you get there, you will already be there,” she tells him, as exasperatingly tautologically as Theresa “Brexit means Brexit” May. Twin Peaks recap: episodes three and four – nobody said it would be easy viewing 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s clear that Potter’s Amanda is not completely lost in a reverie of her own youth, even if she exasperatingly boasts of having received 17 gentleman callers on one occasion in her Mississippi Delta home. A “Menagerie” of real feeling 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z A sometimes exasperatingly meticulous mother who treated the theater as a spiritual place, one in which, in the words of an admirer in the theater business, “the high priest was the actor.” It’s almost impossible to overstate Zelda Fichandler’s impact on American theater 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z I found the actual film itself exasperatingly shallow and overrated. Bafta judges share the love 2013-02-10T22:15:43Z Both types of occasions are mostly provided by Russell Brand, who specializes in collapsing the distinction between the exasperatingly silly and the charmingly naughty. | 'Hop': Bunny Doesn?t Want to Work, Just Wants to Bang the Drum All Day 2011-03-31T22:41:55Z Spiked with dryly funny exchanges and lovingly shot by Eric Robbins on 35-millimeter film, “In a Valley of Violence” nevertheless feels exasperatingly two-dimensional. Review: Don’t Mess With the Dog in ‘In a Valley of Violence’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z It's exasperatingly tactless, but can we expect anything else? No Hats, No Trainers 2010-07-17T05:45:00Z This all may sound dry as chalk, and it can be exasperatingly opaque and self-referential. ‘There There’: a baffling, intriguing take on Chekhov 2014-01-11T02:41:38Z Mr. Iñárritu is known for exasperatingly high standards and fiendishly complex stagings, which in this movie included a helicopter-induced avalanche that had to be perfectly timed with several actors and a horse. About That Bear: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Discusses Making ‘The Revenant’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Except, of course, for the almost exasperatingly upbeat Mrs. Miller. Review | She does bad so good: Debra Monk in ‘Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z But his latest movie, set in Tokyo, really is bafflingly and even exasperatingly truncated. Cannes 2012: Like Someone in Love ? review 2012-05-21T11:08:22Z The picture might be filmed in unnecessary 3-D, but in every other respect, it’s exasperatingly one-dimensional. Review: ‘Love,’ Gaspar Noé’s Romance Told Through Sex 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Despite the exasperatingly uneven quality of the writing, the characters consistently reminded us of their humanity and emotional frailty, persuading us to overlook their sins every few beats. HBO Max's "Gossip Girl" reboot introduces a new class treading the same tired path 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z “House,” the Fox drama, was centered on the exasperatingly juvenile genius Gregory House, a drug-addicted doctor and mercurial boss and friend. Television Review: In ‘Rake,’ on Fox, Greg Kinnear Is a Smart Ne’er-Do-Well 2014-01-22T22:54:04Z The film itself is a rather exasperatingly overwritten art piece, but the experience was little short of transcendent. The Joy (and Pain) of the Physical, at an In-Person Berlin Film Festival 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z One thing the Mariners must do over the next few games is produce offense that has been exasperatingly inconsistent. Mariners salvage series. Will flight back from East Coast be just as joyous? 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Yet the situation is exasperatingly familiar for many in Jackson, as the reliability of the city’s water system has been undermined by repeated failures in recent years. Mississippi’s Capital Loses Water as a Troubled System Faces a Fresh Crisis 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The “not so bad” narrative also, exasperatingly, turns a blind eye to the impact of the redistricting cycle on communities of color, who account for nearly all the population growth in places such as Texas. Opinion | No, Republicans aren’t hammering Democrats in redistricting. They’re doing something worse. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z “But I was also culpable, in that I failed to prove certain exasperatingly opaque answers that I repeatedly received.” Column: The Theranos verdict won't stop investors from pouring money into the next big fraud 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Then there is the functionality of the accounts, which is exasperatingly limited. Perspective | If you think getting the IRS on the phone is tough, try setting up an individual online account. 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Yet, while lobbying in the halls of Annapolis and monitoring courtrooms, I’ve seen legislation get watered down in backroom deals, and sentencing of repeat drunk drivers remains exasperatingly lenient. Opinion | Congress has the power to end drunken driving — by getting the right technology built into cars 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z In “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” an exasperatingly oblique account of the life and crimes of Ted Bundy, the actual crimes remain almost entirely off-screen. Review: Zac Efron goes dark as Ted Bundy, but ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ is irritatingly coy 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z But getting to the precipice of all this has been, to many, exasperatingly difficult. After 12 years of more talk than action, work on Bellingham’s central waterfront is finally underway 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The Bulldogs are the favorites to win the Southeastern Conference again but the biggest, most exasperatingly elusive goal remains to win a national title. Mississippi State women’s hoops team aims to take final step 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The collection began to look controlled, buttoned-up, overly groomed, excessively done-up and, ultimately, exasperatingly hollow. Review | It’s 2018, Ralph Lauren. Why do you think this look is still cool? 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z A later battle lets Woo pull off some signature moves, including combatants firing wildly while sliding down a flight of stairs, but it also gets exasperatingly chaotic and meaningless. John Woo’s Manhunt is a joyous parody of his action classics 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The film's reliance on exasperatingly literal dialogue and images repeatedly gets in the way of honest emotion, or even just honest action. The Birth Of A Nation is a familiar but necessary awards-bait historical spectacle 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Subordinates also found Reagan to be an exasperatingly disengaged administrator. Behind the Ronald Reagan myth: “No one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill informed” 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z “Last I checked, we don’t have a rubber shortage in America,” Cruz exasperatingly said to the rather boisterous crowd. Ted Cruz tackles 'the condom police' 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Cuphead is basically a collection of really intense, exasperatingly difficult boss fights. Cuphead is a frenetic, psychotic exercise in fun and frustration 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Administration of special education funds and services has grown exasperatingly complex as voucher participation has grown. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z This inherent problem was exacerbated by another one, exasperatingly familiar to longtime Clinton watchers: The agreement was imperfectly implemented while Clinton was at State and was quickly discarded once she left. Foreign donations leave Hillary in a cloud 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Outrebounding the Americans, the exasperatingly gritty Spaniards were hanging in there. LeBron James leads Americans to gold in basketball 2012-08-13T03:34:04Z It is a controlled and directed performance, and Pattinson never does anything wrong but, exasperatingly, nothing particularly right, either – though this is a function of the way his character is conceived. Cosmopolis – review 2012-06-14T14:31:00Z And, rather than surging forward, the US economy, regrettably and exasperatingly, will remain captive to unusual sluggishness, while its vulnerability to the ill winds blowing from the rest of the world will only increase. Is America healing fast enough? 2012-06-05T16:20:18Z At the present moment she had plenty of chocolates to eat, more, in fact, than she had ever had before, but the interval was seeming most exasperatingly long. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Her sister courtesied exasperatingly in the doorway for answer, and before Norah could say another word was charging down the stairs three at a time in a series of diminishing thuds. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z But once the point had been seized, and repetition gave the poor gentleman as many ears as the breasts of the Ephesian Diana, the story became grindingly, exasperatingly tiresome. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z The gawky seminarist was silent, with an angry air which implied that the arguments one was compelled to follow here were exasperatingly beneath one’s criticism. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z "Don't look so exasperatingly sheepish! you quivering mass of jelly," sneered Pharamond. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z How exasperatingly pestilent, therefore, was it now of Masago to give to the festivity a mournful turn of warning by slowly beating the bell as if for some popular calamity. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z His programme was usually cut and dried, and it was, as a rule, an almost exasperatingly simple one. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z "That kind of thing" became, or seemed to become, extraordinarily and exasperatingly frequent. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Hopalong swept up and stopped, grinning expectantly and, to Red, exasperatingly. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Then everything backfired as the signings brought high expectation and exasperatingly low production. On Football: At the End, Accuracy Mattered More Than Aesthetics 2011-11-21T11:26:16Z Be this as it may, he never showed excitement, but was always calm and cool, and not unfrequently at critical moments exasperatingly slow. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z This was signed, among other members of the Committee, by Professor Sidgwick, whom Professor James once called “the most exasperatingly critical mind in England”. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z But the top proved exasperatingly hard to find. The Discovery of the Top Quark [From the Archive] 2011-09-29T17:15:06.327Z Her dress was not very expensive, but Milly’s exclamation that it was “too exasperatingly, excruciatingly becoming” will give an idea of its effect. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Orgon has an interview with his mother, who is exasperatingly sure still that Tartuffe is a maligned good man: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z He felt some irritation—very unreasonably, as he would by-and-by acknowledge—against Mrs. Dobbs—she had been rather exasperatingly in the right. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z It seemed to the detective that in all his varied experience he had never met with circumstances so exasperatingly intricate. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Instead of replying directly to his questioner, Mr. Fanning turned to his friend, and somewhat exasperatingly repeated the enquiry to him. A Poached Peerage "Well, I don't see why I should go out of my way," demurred Million exasperatingly. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Stella always remained cool and exasperatingly debonair under his rebukes, whereas he felt himself growing hot and awkward. Sinister Street, vol. 1 But Mrs. Dormer-Smith had been most exasperatingly in the wrong, and he was very angry with her. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Commissioner Lin, still with that exasperatingly thorough air, mixed the masses of opium with lime and emptied it into the sea. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse Cairns' attitude was exasperatingly that of Gallio, save as concerned Victoria. A Bed of Roses They are awfully tame and exasperatingly free from incident. By Right of Conquest A Novel “Well, I only wanted to see just how much of a fool you really are,” grinned the sheriff exasperatingly. The Orphan Jessie is so exasperatingly prosaic, at times, that she makes me feel either like crying, or like shaking her. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls The eyes that looked coldly into his had a well-bred, unruffled stare, exasperatingly insolent, exasperating, because they gave no open ground for resentment. The Vision of Elijah Berl “Oh, you are not in the least insignificant, though you are exasperatingly—how shall I put it?—opinionated,” she retorted, and turned to me. The Red Symbol Never had he appeared so irredeemably ugly, awkward and illiterate; never acted so altogether and exasperatingly vulgar, horrid and abominable, and yet she pondered deeply on his words. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Bud poked his head out the door and started to say something, but The Orphan fiercely whispered for him to be silent and to disappear, which Bud did after grinning exasperatingly. The Orphan The others hurried after him as fast as they could, but, owing to the number of trees that had been thrown down, their progress was exasperatingly slow. Doubloons—and the Girl At last, as the shades of evening fell, the women filed out of the schoolhouse, strange, exasperatingly potential figures to the Odd Fellow husbands who had waited impatiently outside for them. The Co-Citizens "I admit that constitutes an obligation, but, I am not going to meet it," and the big man settled back comfortably in his chair and smiled benignly but a trifle exasperatingly. The Come Back But they were no longer the big exasperatingly important things that had seemed to hold her life by a hundred painful hooks before she went into the cathedral. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman If one wished to be exasperatingly accurate one might say that each adjustment constituted a register, and that in every voice there were as many registers as there are tones. The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation Monotonously, exasperatingly, one querulous voice sent a fretful question through the bewildered speeches of the women ... Changing Winds A Novel The latter looked at him coolly and exasperatingly for a moment, then said: “What position do you occupy here, my man?” The Plunderer Few conventions are more exasperatingly impersonal than the bow and smile of the average social being. The Dominant Strain What he said was very fine but it merely gathered a rather flabby set of people round him—and most exasperatingly he liked it and them... Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists He thought, from old knowledge of it, that Addington would behave perfectly but exasperatingly. The Prisoner He saw victory perched upon the mast of the Leta D. He moved with a celerity that amazed me, when I remembered how exasperatingly slow he could be, fooling with kites. Tales of Fishes And on the other side were the citizens, legally protesting and exasperatingly defiant, evidently under perfect self-restraint, determined not to strike the first blow. The Siege of Boston He made a screen of his body between her and the five pairs of eyes that were bobbing about so exasperatingly on the water. The Hickory Limb A series of test letters followed, exasperatingly slow. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China "We'll all help you," he said with the cheerfulness exasperatingly ready to be pumped up when things are bad and there is no adequate remedy. The Prisoner Disdaining caution, he crashed recklessly through the shrubbery, the wet and tangled grass wrapping itself exasperatingly about his ankles as he ran. The Doomsman “We shall see, philotate, we shall see,” grunted the Spartan, exasperatingly cool. A Victor of Salamis There was, however, no sound from the prairie, and the house seemed exasperatingly still. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Men of the British services are exasperatingly modest. Some Naval Yarns "Oh, it's my fatal fascination, I suppose," he answered exasperatingly. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 It was certainly hard work, and their progress was exasperatingly slow. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch They were exasperatingly docile, made few complaints, got up, entrained, detrained, fed, excursioned, slept, just as they were bidden. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol And she knows, too, that he will be painfully, frigidly, exasperatingly polite to her all the evening. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The winners of any hand were exasperatingly condescending to the losers, and the losers correspondingly bitter and tremulous. Miss Mapp He had been exasperatingly chipper all the way, until it had occurred to him just now to ask Stonor what he had done with the women. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Thirty miles an hour is the maximum, and from ten to twenty miles the average speed, while the stops at stations are exasperatingly long to travellers from the impatient West. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Above all, Pitt and Grenville believed the French Government to be incompetent as well as exasperatingly cruel. William Pitt and the Great War He was another exasperatingly pretty young man, with pearl complexion and hazel eyes. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. But you can take it on trust as a comedy of want of manners, brilliantly alive, exasperatingly careless, and altogether the greatest fun in the world. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 Mr. Conne smiled exasperatingly and hit him a rap on the shoulder. Tom Slade on a Transport The one person present who received the discourse with almost vindictive signs of indorsement was Brother Billy Smithers, a man who had lived an exasperatingly regular life in the church for more than forty years. A Circuit Rider's Wife There never was a man who, knowing all about a matter, could look, as more than one fair critic had been heard to say, so exasperatingly, idiotically ignorant. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Orgon has an interview with his mother, who is exasperatingly sure still that Tartuffe is a maligned good man:— Madame Pernelle. Classic French Course in English They were delayed most exasperatingly, and, when they arrived at the place where the ball was to be held, the procession had broken up, and the Queen of Flowers was within the ballroom. Frank Merriwell Down South De Blacquaire was a man with an exasperatingly cold and supercilious fashion of speech. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea Perhaps there was some lack of courtesy, some annoying error in your bill which we were exasperatingly obtuse in rectifying? How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence For the most part they are represented as well-meaning folk; but they are exasperatingly individual, all over sore corners, eager to be injured at their tenderest points, and implacable to the person who hurts them. My Contemporaries In Fiction Some of these propositions were exasperatingly humiliating, and only possibly justifiable by the times. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 The snow-shoes, too, which are so serviceable when you are above them, become exasperatingly obstructive when you are below them. The Big Otter The exasperatingly slow, inefficient apology for a telephone service that would not be tolerated anywhere else is good enough for London. Impressions of a War Correspondent His lack of personal importance hampered him exasperatingly. Benjamin Franklin Of course there was a rush to the outlying ranch, whose few remaining occupants grinned exasperatingly and shrugged their shoulders, but gave no information. A Wounded Name The Professor only glared, and was going on, but the Democrat stopped him, by remarking, in a loud and exasperatingly complacent voice: 'You are quite correct. 'That Very Mab' On this occasion Robin had been exasperatingly self-contained. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton And the tempting glass was held exasperatingly near poor Pliny's weak and fearfully-tempted hand. Three People Some subjects respond in a lively manner, others are exasperatingly slow. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Usually exasperatingly indifferent to rebuke or reproval, Miss Ames had hit upon the one punishment that Sarah could be fairly said to dread—an interview with the principal. Rosemary How exasperatingly slow it was: how indifferent it seemed to her happiness! The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure "While, as a matter of fact," he continued, with his exasperatingly smooth smile, "it seems to be holding a very much overdressed young lady, presumably from the Folies-Berg�re or the Olympia." Phantom Wires A Novel But when it comes to distinguishing clearly between an Alderman and a State Senator, or a Member of Congress and a Member of the Legislature, she is apt to get exasperatingly muddled. The Opinions of a Philosopher "There's no use losing your nerve, Edith," I said in an exasperatingly calm manner. The Fifth Wheel A Novel Then a wild-eyed fellow produced a shining pocket-knife and slowly and exasperatingly opened its sharpest blade. Frank Merriwell's Reward It was exasperatingly tedious work, but after several days my assistant reported every margin scanned without result, while I had collected each bill and memorandum, classifying them according to date. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont "I really believe you would," she said exasperatingly. The Lost Valley As far as he, himself, was concerned, people were just a mysterious, exasperatingly unpredictable order of things which were subject to no known natural laws. The Return The pace may have been great, but to us it seemed exasperatingly slow, and in the open truck the cold was piercing. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers As far as he, himself, was concerned, people were just a mysterious, exasperatingly unpredictable, order of things which were subject to no known natural laws. The Return "Rupert has the gift of being exasperatingly uncommunicative," his brother told her. Ralestone Luck After some reflection he took apart his mast and used the six foot strips as oars, finding that he made a little progress, though the task was fatiguing and the movement exasperatingly slow. Ralph Granger's Fortunes And yet in his amiable, exasperatingly placid fashion he had for some time been laying siege to her affections. The Swindler and Other Stories I am told that she is exasperatingly virtuous, abstemious and exceedingly well-dressed, and all on an income derived from thirty thousand dollars that came out of the Tresslyn treasure chest. From the Housetops She longed ardently for the return of the loved one who could laugh and say something funny about sleep claiming the baby when he had made up his small mind to remain exasperatingly wide awake. Suzanna Stirs the Fire Under these conditions progress to the coast was exasperatingly slow, and finally was summarily prevented by the drastic order of the German Government demanding the internment of every Britisher in the country. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben "I don't know," said Silver in his exasperatingly lazy way. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs "I have loved her for twenty years," said the "King," exasperatingly calm. Pieces of Eight For one thing, the two strangers had a habit of getting the others into a pot and cross-raising them exasperatingly. The Sheriff's Son It was all exasperatingly absurd, as things seem to have a habit of being in Ireland. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches But that engine was, or at least appeared to be, exceedingly heavy, while the roads seemed to be exasperatingly difficult, the wheels having a magnetic attraction for the sand. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben "She doesn't know her catechism," answered the mild vicar in his exasperatingly mild way. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Trouble or confusion might come, she told herself, and how suddenly all these charming people, who were so surprisingly alike, and whose names were so exasperatingly different, would disappear. A Comedy of Masks A Novel "Time and tide wait for no man," observed his mother exasperatingly. Holiday Stories for Young People Soon deputations from some of the cities came to him with complaints about the oppression of Milan, which had taken Lodi, Como, and other towns, and lorded it over them exasperatingly. Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German Indeed the ability to knock the two boxes over simultaneously was found to be so difficult as to be exasperatingly fascinating, and as a result of their repeated and abortive efforts I made money quickly. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Thereupon, he put his thumb to his nose and wriggled his finger as exasperatingly as any Yankee boy here in this enlightened land. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories In many cases the ramifications of the petty graft were exasperatingly intricate. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Nor did the starched crackling nurse, who turned Joanna out of the room and exasperatingly spoke of Martin as "my patient." Joanna Godden She knew that Albert trusted her, and she was very proud that she had not asked him any questions concerning a matter exasperatingly mysterious. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes His light hair and moustache were very smoothly brushed and combed and his face was exasperatingly sleek. The Children of the King Nothing can be more exasperatingly worthless than an idea of something you "might have said" but could not think of until too late. Certain Success Dewing spread out three aces and a pair of eights, and smiled exasperatingly. Copper Streak Trail "I should like very much to hear them," replied the young man, with an exasperatingly incredulous smile. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Finally, after a great deal of exasperatingly unsatisfactory correspondence with agents in Austin and Galveston, he went to Ellen. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Once more he had exasperatingly proved his perfection. The Lion's Share The bare wood of the desk aggravated the sound, and, in the stillness of the little room, the noise pounded exasperatingly on the ear-drums. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Nobody can deny that—not even those who, like myself, find his speaking exasperatingly empty and superficial and foolish. Sketches in the House (1893) He can be exasperatingly obstinate, but—and I put it frankly—he might listen to you. Alton of Somasco His ideas about things, his attitude towards things, were wholly and exasperatingly incomprehensible to her. If Winter Comes He hated Carson in those days as a Scotch terrier might hate a bloodhound, as something at once more effective and impressive, and exasperatingly, infinitely less intelligent. Mr. Britling Sees It Through One of these deserves notice, from the fact that its title-page so ridiculously and exasperatingly misrepresents its contents. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 He paused exasperatingly, after the fashion of an orator who realizes that he has awakened in his audience an alert and respectful interest. Kindred of the Dust They write to each other in a language of their own, an almost exasperatingly impressionist language, a language chiefly consisting of dots and dashes and asterisks and italics, and brackets and notes of interrogation. Robert Browning In captivity the antelope is exasperatingly delicate and short-lived. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Thayor stood beside the broad writing table of his den as Bergstein entered; his manner was again that of the polite, punctilious man of affairs; he was exceedingly calm and exasperatingly pleasant. The Lady of Big Shanty When Mrs. Tams brought in his early cup of tea that Easter Saturday afternoon, Louis had no project whatever in his head, and he was excessively, exasperatingly bored. The Price of Love This seemed exasperatingly unjustifiable in a country where anybody might happen to be president without being a whit abler than any other one who had not happened to fall into the office. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II Yes," said the man, "the weather is like yourself—raw, and exasperatingly cool. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull He saw that she was becoming hysterical: the special liability of the war-bride for whom the curtain has been lifted and falls exasperatingly, enragingly, too soon. The Pretty Lady Only the Scotchman remained exasperatingly calm and declined to admit that the treasure was as good as found. Spanish Doubloons The result of the victory was not simply military; it quickly penetrated the population of New Jersey which had been exasperatingly Loyalist, had sold the British provisions, and abetted their intrigues. George Washington But, when one tries to catch him and pin him down on the dissecting-table, he turns out to be exasperatingly elusive. Books and Characters French and English Why, on earth, he wondered, had she gone away and left him with this sweet and good, this quite exasperatingly sweet and good woman who had told him nothing but lies? The Three Sisters And why, if they keep up with the fashions and wear patent-leathers, do people say, in an exasperatingly astonished tone, "Can that woman write books?" From a Girl's Point of View Kent gave the night editor a cigar and was otherwise exasperatingly imperturbable. The Grafters She will reply, in an exasperatingly quiet tone of voice, that she does like that. Dreams It looks exasperatingly true; and is distinctly offensive. What Is Man? and Other Essays During the three days which followed, our progress was exasperatingly slow. The People That Time Forgot Godfrey was delighted with that little flash, and would have liked to go on and make her quarrel with him; Nancy was so exasperatingly quiet and firm. Silas Marner Strand was an exasperatingly headstrong fellow, and persuasions never prevailed with him. Tales from Two Hemispheres Otherwise he was a man strikingly inconspicuous; his eyes were a very dark brown, which is nothing remarkable, and his features were almost exasperatingly indefinite. The Bronze Bell The man got up; but Blensop contrived exasperatingly to keep between him and the windows. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Several days passed with the weather exasperatingly clear. Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy So preoccupied did he become in this pursuit that he was subconsciously impressed that the girl had spoken twice, ere he could detach his interest from the exasperatingly inconclusive and incoherent cohorts of ranked figures. The Black Bag I should like to hear you rave, just to learn how an exasperatingly sensible man acts under the circumstances.' A Woman Intervenes A find of value and one to save her a deal of trouble: skeleton keys are so exasperatingly slow, particularly when used by inexpert hands. The Brass Bowl Untoward events had thrown this establishment into a state of excited confusion: their nature Lanyard could not surmise, but their conjunction with his designs was exasperatingly inopportune. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf The sea was exasperatingly calm, and Miss Margaret was mistress of her craft, as so many charming women are. The Face and the Mask The temper of his mind was exasperatingly like her own in its tenacity of conviction. The Puritans He was a German lad who did not know enough to come in out of the rain; but he was exasperatingly good, and had a prodigious memory. Life on the Mississippi, Part 11. The road to-day was literally thronged with a legion of black humanity so exasperatingly bold that nothing short of the stick could keep them from jostling me. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile "Don't blame your boy, Mr. Blacklock," cried she gaily, exasperatingly confident that I was as delighted with her as she was with herself. The Deluge They are interesting, but not uncourteously—not exasperatingly so; and the strangest part of it is that the introductory and intermediate passages are no less interesting, under Trollope's treatment, than are the murders and forgeries. Confessions and Criticisms In such a constrained position the operation, which could be persevered in by fits and starts only, was exasperatingly slow. Tropic Days Like Macaulay, he was exasperatingly blind and bigoted in regard to the things in which he had no personal interest, though the spheres of their respective enthusiasms and antipathies were altogether different. A History of English Literature But as the time approached for catching a train he became exasperatingly calm and leisured. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Over all hung the palpitating skies, eternally and exasperatingly blue, a-quiver with light and heat. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch Its progress was exasperatingly slow, owing to the fact that the Mexican Central Railway, which was Huerta's only chosen line of advance, had to be repaired almost rail by rail. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Some of them tried their first experiments over the open fire with "Dutch ovens" and other primitive implements, whilst a group of colored women sat around commenting drolly but most exasperatingly upon the results. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 There was nothing particular going on when the Eckleton warriors arrived, and everybody was lounging about in khaki and shirt-sleeves, looking exasperatingly cool. The Head of Kay's "Well," said Bel, exasperatingly, "I wish Mr. Hemstead and all who heard the fine speeches about your 'kind, generous heart' could hear you now." From Jest to Earnest Up till the 13th it was exasperatingly warm and calm. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition There was something exasperatingly uncertain and illogical about it all. The Flaming Forest It is quite possible for an individual to be habitually and exasperatingly late, with all the air and innocence of unusual punctuality. As a Matter of Course When he next met her, quite sober and with exasperatingly innocent expression, Bessie refused to open her lips. The Nether World Helm was exasperatingly good tempered, and his jocularity was irresistible. Alice of Old Vincennes Ye gods! how strangely, terribly, exasperatingly beautiful she is! A Face Illumined Adams found his formula for Russian inertia exasperatingly correct. The Education of Henry Adams He scowled at her, and she smiled back exasperatingly. Crome Yellow Amy was so exasperatingly womanlike in avoiding the important issue to which he tried to confine her; another moment, and his tone would be that of irritation. New Grub Street Mr. Trefusis, still in snuff color, entered; coat unbuttoned and attention unconstrained; exasperatingly unconscious of any occasion for ceremony. An Unsocial Socialist The Oracle suddenly became hard of hearing, and, though we heard the voice on several occasions, he remained exasperatingly deaf, yet aggressively unconscious of the fact. Over the Sliprails He paused and looked at me, and added: "Social evolution is exasperatingly slow, isn't it, sweetheart?" The Iron Heel He wrote to ask her why, and she responded exasperatingly that she thought it was "better." The Research Magnificent |
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