| 单词 | irksome |
| 例句 | Everything was difficult, irksome and finally hopeless when I was a Samana. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I trotted along in silence, not wishing to do or say anything irksome; my position was precarious enough already. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z This was an irksome but expected trade-off in the legal field, where it was not uncommon to prepare for a trial that never came to pass. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “My gampapa warned me, never accept no invitation to get into the hold of a white man’s ship. Said he had a devilish irksome experience once. Visit lasted some few months.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Most people hike from south to north with spring, ideally keeping one step ahead of the worst of the hot weather and the more irksome and infectious of insects. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led west. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a restriction we not only found irksome but racist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A man of ordinary power, who nevertheless does not shirk things merely because they are disagreeable or irksome, soon earns his place,” Roosevelt once stated. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Her injuries had stopped being so irksome, but she still couldn’t walk without limping. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It is, as I say, irksome to have to hear the way these same people now talk of those times, and in particular, what some have said concerning his lordship. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The irksome security provisions of May-Johnson were liberalized, with penalties reduced to maximum fines of $20,000 and prison terms of up to five years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She suspected that Judith had invented the irksome procedure just to keep her busy, and in a burst of resentment she poured in the remaining cupful all at once. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He was finding these detentions particularly irksome because they cut into the already limited time he could have been spending with Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I did not wish to hear this irksome lecture. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Finally, he turned his attention to Weaver’s irksome list of missed milestones. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For fifteen days Verrazzano and his crew were the Narragansett’s honored guests—though the Indians, Verrazzano admitted, kept their women out of sight after hearing the sailors’ “irksome clamor” when females came into view. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z With a tiny jerk of the head, Snape seemed to flick off an irksome fly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If he went to the rangers, however, they would have some irksome questions for him: Why had he ignored posted regulations and driven down the wash in the first place? Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The shutting of the gates regularly at ten o’clock and the impossibility of remaining on the lake after that hour had rendered our residence within the walls of Geneva very irksome to me. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z As if the expense and trouble were not irksome enough, all and sundry insisted on salting Ned's wound by calling it "the Hand's tourney," as if he were the cause of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Well,” Chase says with an irksome smirk, “that would make quite the story.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But if she tried to read something else Mrs. Caruthers would snap at her, and so she read the irksome tomes until the old woman drifted off. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z To write diary with a pen is irksome to me; but Van Helsing says I must. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Most of their fellow students seemed glad that they were being shepherded from class to class by teachers, but Harry found it very irksome. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He combined an industry with an ease and fluency that was not only incredibly rare, but almost painfully irksome to any other writer in his orbit. Appreciations: Alan Plater obituary 2010-06-27T17:14:00Z The irksome part about all of this is that the late-night genre owes its existence to a woman almost entirely forgotten by pop culture: Faye Emerson. Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Penn's mumbling, shuffling goth performance alternates between the cute and the irksome, although the much used press quote "Funny, charming and stylish… unlike anything Penn's done before" does him an unintentionally hilarious disservice. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-08-11T23:05:22Z A first impression makes the chorus a weighty, urgent, ambiguous frame around three irksomely unimportant tellings of a story that Mr. Taylor seems never to take seriously himself. Dance Review: Enigmatic Choreographer Tells an Enigmatic Tale 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z Some Indian dancers later told me that they now prefer to perform abroad because the local conditions are so irksome. Critic?s Notebook: Nrityagram Dance and Other Indian Troupes in New York 2012-03-25T23:19:52Z Ms. Wall said that though most Americans have a specific idea of what constitutes Thanksgiving dinner, the sparse descriptions available of the 1621 feast are irksomely vague as to the menu. Thanksgiving Re-enacted Around the Country 2011-11-17T20:45:59Z So it is a problem that one day the man who barges into Knight’s is not the irksome landlord who wants his many months of back rent. Review | In ‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill,’ Abbi Waxman introduces a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z But that’s asking too much of the story’s irksome, inconsistent characters. Review: In ‘Death of the Liberal Class,’ a Writer Tones Down His Anger 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Arguments are put forward, surely irksome to some in France, about the Italian influence on French cooking. In ‘Dirt,’ Bill Buford Goes in Search of French Cuisine’s Secrets 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Edmund White, the American novelist who lived in Paris for 15 years and was a frequent visitor to the Louvre, said he hoped the new policy would keep irksome icon-worshippers away. Looking for Elbow Room, Louvre Limits Daily Visitors to 30,000 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z In this new novel, a Minneapolis bookstore specializing in works by Indigenous authors is haunted by the ghost of one of its most irksome customers. 16 New Books Coming in November 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Near the end, the dancers lie on their backs and take turns speaking complete words, seemingly selected at random: “mineral,” “irksome,” “bicentennial,” “pizza.” Review: A Choreographer’s of-the-Moment Brand of ‘Not Knowing’ 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z You are likely irked by this because self-centered people are irksome. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: They’re happy having just one child. Their friends are not. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Chaperones are meant to be irksome, especially if their charges are nursing amorous feelings. Review: ‘Rigoletto’ Goes to the Metropolitan Opera With a Chaperone 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Ewan’s usually irksome habit of toting electronics everywhere is now welcomed when he volunteers to be our official food photographer, snapping photos of everything we eat with his iPod. Three generations, a lot of canals and a cat sanctuary: Mastering a family trip to Venice While it’s irksome that the reporter questioning Dunham had to ask at all it’s an important question. 6 reasons female nudity can be powerful 2014-01-22T19:54:00Z This week's riots are sad and frightening and, if I have by virtue of my temporary displacement forgone the right to speak about the behaviour of my countrymen, then this is gonna be irksome. UK riots: Big Brother isn't watching you 2011-08-11T17:18:00Z That’s a little irksome, especially for those of us already paying for the privilege of watching CBS on cable or satellite. Review | Is ‘The Good Fight’ worth adding another streaming subscription? Afraid so. 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z It may even be irksome for some of those who have made it. American Pastoral and the curse of adapting a literary classic 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z When the men, in one series of jumps, keep straightening their arms in the air, as if in Nazi salutes, it’s irksome in terms of shape and dynamics, as well as political suggestion. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Koch Theater 2012-03-19T22:18:43Z “Stuck Like Glue” opens with a bit of pseudo-beatboxing, though it’s notable more for being irksome than for being novel. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z Seymour was to be executed for treason, dying "dangerously, irksomely and horribly" after the novel ends. Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z However, the rap tunes that Diplo spun — plus all of the prerecorded guest vocals during Fifth Harmony’s set — highlighted something irksome. The queen of this year’s Jingle Ball? Her crown is a beanie. 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z If the cliffhanger ending seems irksome, never fear, this one’s a series opener. Who’s a Hero? Who’s a Villain? It’s Anyone’s Guess in This Fall’s Best Y.A. Fantasy 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z But the lack of urgency over the disparity is especially irksome in a field such as the theater, which has long fancied itself the artistic refuge for those denied a rightful voice in the culture. Challenging the gender status quo in American theater 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z We take it that, even in their black clothes, they are delighted to be rid of an irksome impediment to their sisterly friendship. Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Still, this episode was irksome on a couple of levels. It's nostalgic to watch amateur cooks tackle Julia Child's oeuvre—but this "challenge" also irks me 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z A multitasking device that I find irksome when applied to Sondheim works here admirably in that the music and the drama become an organic whole. The Poor Soldier 2010-07-01T20:45:00Z It is a bit irksome that anyone would review or judge my novel based on a galley, because I edit up to the very second of the “show.” “I doubt Donald Antrim feels that way”: Diane Cook and Marie-Helene Bertino talk revision, realism, reviews — and secret celebrity audiences 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z In an effort to discredit this irksome critic, Church authorities sent the Dominican professor Johann Eck of Ingolstadt, a professional debater and theologian, to confront Luther. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Her unflappability in the face of the bizzarities of her relatives and the unwanted attentions of irksome Mr Myerburg puts her in the running for one of my favourite heroines of all time. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons - review 2012-02-13T09:00:00Z This is particularly irksome as the complexities of being a parent are themes that Cameron has explored brilliantly in the past – motherhood in "Aliens" and fatherhood in "Terminator 2." "Avatar: The Way of the Water": Tired climate clichés distract from James Cameron’s vision 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Their refusal to acknowledge how successful they are is the only irksome thing about them. Mumford & Sons: sound of the summer 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z This irksome use has been turning up on television with a frequency that suggests that a scriptwriters’ union has trademarked it and is receiving royalties, even though its moment passed several years ago. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Really?’ Pops Up Everywhere on Television 2012-10-01T22:17:08Z But for those who firmly believe that TV shows about D.C. politics should remain in steady alignment with “Schoolhouse Rock,” it’s all a little irksome. ‘House of Cards’ Season 4, Episode 8: Politics Is Show Business 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z It felt like a festival performance too far for Florence and the Machine, though, her strident vocals and witchy dancing made irksome by their ubiquity. Latitude festival 2010-07-18T20:29:00Z Mr. Sullivan, whose outings at the Delacorte have established him as a sumo master in wrestling irksome Shakespeare behemoths like “The Merchant of Venice” and “All Well’s That Ends Well,” obligingly avoids tediousness. ‘King Lear’ in the Park, Starring John Lithgow 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s too bad this manifestation of his work is so irksome. Review | Theater review: ‘I Killed My Mother.’ The audience was an unintended victim. 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z “Uptown Jews were plagued by a new and irksome self-consciousness,” she writes. Books of The Times: Jane Ziegelman?s ?97 Orchard? Is a Culinary History 2010-07-27T18:33:00Z Ms. Walters finds irksome the casual, first-name faux friendliness that a new generation of personalities affects. Barbara Walters’s Farewell and Legacy 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z This is primarily because of a narrative thinness and pervasive, progressively irksome visual gloom more reminiscent of ghoulish artiness than character development. Supernatural connections in 'Jamie Marks Is Dead' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z They are irksome not because they endorse Trump—as numerous headlines falsely declared—but because they represent the privileged position of distance. Donald Trump’s America and the Visions of David Lynch 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z But in this scene the actors face the audience as they deliver the dialogue, an irksome choice that’s employed on a few other occasions as well. | 'The Comedy of Errors': A Farce With Two of a Kind 2011-04-12T21:30:50Z If you spent an evening at the symphony 50 or 100 years ago, you would have encountered many of the irksome social habits that now characterize the contemporary art crowd. Hand over your cellphone, and obey the gong. Marina Abramovic reinvents Bach. 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Most irksome, friendly interviewees are permitted to chatter on for long stretches as they circle the subject and then stray into other topics. Review: ‘Tango Negro’ Explores the Roots of a Dance and Musical Genre 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Sex and drugs are as prevalent as pliés, the absence of a likable character as irksome as the constant conniving. ‘Birds of Paradise’ Review: Dirty Dancing 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z He and Mia learn to appreciate each other’s preferred music, even as she finds the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle, and the female attention it brings to her boyfriend, to be a little irksome. ‘If I Stay’ Weighs Teenager’s Prospects After Horrific Crash 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Cruises are founded on fantasy, which means the removal from view of anything irksome or demanding of difficult choices. Is the cruise industry finally out of its depth? 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z Our everyday environment is made up of countless irksome details. Why a folding plug won last night's design awards | Justin McGuirk 2010-03-17T13:08:00Z In an assessment that may be additionally irksome to MoMA, lawyers for the cafe wrote that its abbreviated name was “conceptually and visually weak.” MoMA Sees a Problem in a Cafe’s Name. The Cafe Sees None. 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z The one downside is that there seems to be a trash processing facility across the road, which can be slightly irksome when the wind blows the wrong way. Sri Lanka, an Island Nation That Is Best Savored Slowly 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z This frustration, Ms. Rudolph said, was less irksome than her sometimes unfulfilled desire to play more mundane characters. Maya Rudolph Appears in the Series ?Up All Night? 2011-09-11T03:30:07Z He said it was "irksome for me to clarify this non-existent issue." Bollywood star Khan caught in India-Pakistan spat 2013-01-30T06:25:08Z This specific film may seem like an unfair place to shout “enough!” but its clear indication of intelligence is, in a weird way, doubly irksome. John Wick: Chapter 2 is a shameful example of Hollywood gun pornography 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Biffy are a band who spurn cliches – and, talking to them, it seems the travails they encountered making the new album feel almost irksome. Biffy Clyro interview: 'We care too much to be cool' 2013-01-26T22:00:01Z Apart from the irksomely glib Erica Pereira, all did fairly well. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Gala, With Costumes by Valentino 2012-09-22T00:16:05Z Somewhere in among the irksome Papa Wan nostalgia and shoe/food comparisons there are some tasty-looking recipes. TV highlights 21/05/2012 2012-05-20T19:00:08Z “All they have left,” Yoss writes, “is the pride of their solitary past to help them face up to their irksome, everyday xenoid-filled present.” Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The Sky comments were particularly irksome to a channel that has been given £1.5m in a switch from entertainment to "more significant arts events", some of them live, and "original commissioned works". Richard Klein on why BBC4 is the corporation's best-loved channel 2010-10-11T06:00:00Z One particularly irksome noise is unique to no-frost fridges: a popping sound that bursts into the room in spats when the home appliance’s compressor revs up. Why your refrigerator makes such an unbelievable racket 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Then, in 2010, he was cast in Friday Night Dinner, getting the part of irksome estate agent Jonny, he thinks, because "I was the most annoying person they could find." Tom Rosenthal: 'I'm quite sort of talented' 2011-08-14T20:45:00Z Ms. Bouder, though her irksome archness tends to make her clip phrases too short, demonstrated that specialty of hers and Ms. Peck’s: seeming to find time to linger within dazzling feats of speed. Critic?s Notebook: At City Ballet This Winter, You Could Sometimes See the Music 2011-02-28T23:15:07Z There my girls go singing nonsense songs off YouTube, chattering away about who has a crush on whom and, perhaps most irksome of all, eagerly retelling me the plots of their favorite television shows. Mommy has anger issues! My daughters are pre-adolescent, I’m pre-menopausal 2014-05-10T23:00:00Z Ms. Irving is a naturally warm stage presence, but this oppressive smothering is so irksomely overstated that you want to tune Maggie out after just a few minutes in her presence. | 'We Live Here: ?We Live Here? by Zoe Kazan at City Center - Review 2011-10-13T02:01:11Z Another irksome quality of the film is Tarantino’s penchant for pointing things out by voice over when it suits him, or using an arrow to indicate Cliff is driving the car in an action scene. "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" shows off Quentin Tarantino's best and worst moves 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z But a piece about Loyd Grossman's band was downright irksome, and an interview about a man who built robots 45 years ago seemed to last an eternity. Radio head: Saturday Live 2011-03-23T08:00:08Z Now, couldn’t the Nixon template be applied to Hillary Clinton, with her irksome reputation for secrecy? John Dean experienced Watergate from inside. He’s watching Donald Trump closely. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z He seems wonderfully and wittily uninhibited, if also irksomely unedited. Dance Review: ‘La Curva,’ Israel Galván’s Absurdist Yet Serious Act 2014-03-14T21:30:09Z The repeated joke about one stepsister’s halitosis is lousy, anyway; when applied to an important ballerina, it’s doubly irksome. Dance Review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Take on Prokofiev’s ‘Cinderella’ 2013-05-07T21:35:23Z While shows get cancelled all the time, the move was especially irksome to fans, because there were still eight episodes remaining in the season. It's Not Too Late to Get Into Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z That last dance, “Something Sampled,” is sufficiently irksome to be considerably more memorable than the first two. Review: BalletNext Takes Risks in ‘Baroque’d’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z How she got that way is never really explained, any more than the source of Kate’s “irksome, brawling” nature is in Shakespeare. Review: A Fair Fight Makes ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ Lovable Again 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “Why You No Love Me” repeats the title phrase, the plea of a child, ad nauseam, past cute and cloying all the way to irksome. John Mayer’s Empty 1980s Excess 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Above all, the shortness of phrase through most of Mr. Schumacher’s choreography becomes irksome, the breaks between phrases maddening. Review: A Group of Young Dancers, Conversing With their Feet 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Conservatives transformed what was once an irksome practice of angry nerds seeking a rise out of the politically correct into a weapon to used against political opponents. The big Sacha Baron Cohen question: Can a harmless prankster become a weaponized troll? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Giddy limerence gives way to the more critical eye of a long-term relationship, and even the most beloved characters or innovative worlds can seem overly familiar and irksome. 'Game of Thrones' enters Season 5 at war with it all 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z What's normally so irksome about those stories is when someone says: 'I had a week off work, and I wrote three chapters, and got a deal on the strength of that.' Mum lit: a chore thing 2011-04-06T19:00:00Z Some people find the bees who pollinate the waltzing flowers to be irksome intruders, but their jagged bee flight is fully audible in the zigzag of Tchaikovsky’s ascending scale. Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Nutcracker’ by American Ballet Theater 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Among the more minor but nonetheless irksome annoyances of quarantine is being stuck inside with ourselves – and all of our stuff – compelling us to confront our choices. My pandemic epiphany: an obsession with clogs signaled unresolved issues 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z It's doubly irksome because some of the biggest Wicked and Anastasia fans that I know are actually gay men. Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z So why was it so captivating and convincing on a show like “The West Wing” and so irksome in “Newsroom”? “Newsroom”: Aaron Sorkin does “The Daily Show” 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z Their images also fudge the boundaries dividing painting, sculpture, photography and furniture in irritating ways; looking at highly pictorial surfaces on the horizontal is both irksome and enticing. Art in Review: URS FISCHER AND CASSANDRA MACLEOD 2011-11-03T21:39:48Z After a prolonged chuckle, Russell drops his impersonation of Groundhog Day's irksome insurance salesman, a minor but intensely memorable character, and explains excitedly that he recently met Andie MacDowell, one of the film's stars. Groundhog Day: the perfect comedy, for ever 2013-02-07T20:00:03Z “Of all that I resented about the Deplorables,” Marantz writes, “one of the things I found most irksome was that they forced me to think like an establishment shill.” In ‘Antisocial,’ How the Alt-Right Went Viral 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z After some time, I did find a few other like-minded sobers who started a meeting we named “We Agnostics” — in part an ironic nod to the very chapter most of us found so philosophically irksome. My sober conversion to atheism 2013-03-03T19:00:00Z Morgan is a great interviewee, displaying none of the irksome syrupiness of his interviewer persona – and his summing up of what happened in the election is masterful. Rewind radio: Richard Bacon; Tony Livesey; Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show – review 2012-11-11T00:05:52Z It’s all admirable but irksomely self-conscious and contrived. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z Its enormous lapses in narrative and conceptual coherence — its blithe disregard for basic principles of science-fiction credibility — would be less irksome in the fantastical cosmos of animation. Review: ‘Tomorrowland,’ Brad Bird’s Lesson in Optimism 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It doesn’t help that Ms. Blythe proves more irksome a stage presence than she is illuminating. Bumpy Starts to London’s Fall Theater Season 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Yennefer's initial arc may be marred by an irksome ableist plot twist, and unnecessary obsession with establishing her legacy through procreation, the one power mages cede in exchange for the ability to control chaos. "The Witcher" is back to give women a more equal share in its power 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Anyway, what’s irksome about the format is that it has become so common that it just feels like an excuse for the host to do some traveling in a way that unnecessarily burns fossil fuel. Television Review: ‘Constitution USA With Peter Sagal,’ on PBS 2013-05-06T20:20:31Z She finds self-promotion irksome, which is why, perhaps, she promotes Boal so strenuously, calling herself the "delivery system" for his content. Kathryn Bigelow: under fire 2013-01-12T00:01:00Z Anyway, they were unceremoniously jettisoned, and the increasingly irksome Drew advanced. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: Two Votes, One Head-Scratcher 2011-11-24T16:25:14Z Perhaps this is why taped music, though irksome, is less troubling with him than it would be with Balanchine or Mr. Morris. Dance Review | Paul Taylor Dance Company: A Poet of the Body, Bending All the Rules 2010-02-25T22:44:00Z When it comes to Star Wars, raising these kinds of questions is particularly irksome. Let's Talk About Grand Moff Tarkin in 'Rogue One' 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Some of this is impressive: Ballroom can be irksomely sexist, and it was good to see two couples where the women plainly took the lead at times. ‘America’s Ballroom Challenge,’ a Dance Series on PBS 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z But for all of its ominous undertones, this irksome work, which looked at issues of sex and labor, was unmoored. Critic’s Notebook: Trespassing on the Proving Ground of the Next Generation 2013-07-28T21:30:12Z The cartoon quality in those maids becomes more irksome when whole groups of children repeat the same gestures in unison. Dance Review: A ?Nutcracker? Sprouts Alter Egos 2010-12-24T22:30:03Z Often the dancing feels twice as fast as the Bach, sometimes twice as slow; but what’s irksome is not rhythm so much as accentuation. Review: Twyla Tharp’s Choreography Celebrated to Bach and Jazz 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z “Power only responds to power. I have none. The predator is protected. I am a stain, initially irksome, ultimately forgotten,” she writes. The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z "Even correcting proofs of your novel becomes slightly irksome because, you know, time is finite." Martin Amis: 'You have to be slightly innocent to be a novelist' 2011-04-02T23:08:29Z Her absence is especially irksome considering what an abusive jerk Hank Pym is in some of the comics. Who is Ant-Man and Why Is He Getting His Own Movie? 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The obligation to remember is inscribed on every Holocaust memorial, but even the words "Never Forget" become irksome eventually. Howard Jacobson: rereading If This Is a Man by Primo Levi 2013-04-05T07:10:39Z The band was very good, but the crowd was going in for styles of West Coast whimsy irksome to a peevish East Coaster like myself. T Magazine: The High Life 2011-03-25T17:30:04Z Its flaws, if you regard them as such, are obvious — some of them are certainly deliberate — and yet they prove only incidentally irksome. Dance Review: ‘A Rite’ Riffs on Stravinsky at Chapel Hill, N.C. 2013-01-27T23:15:40Z A 30-second scene followed by 30 seconds in the dark for a set change feels at first disruptive and, after awhile, irksome. ‘The Program Assistant’ at Capital Fringe Festival hits on harsh truth of post-grad life “Maron” may not delve that deeply — by Episode 2 of the new season, Marc is showing signs that he’s the same irksome guy in rehab that he was before. Review: ‘Maron’ Tackles Drug Abuse, Deepening the Series 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Just tasting the Founders Manhattan — not thinking about it intently — the components that color outside the lines of tradition complicate it in ways that may seem more irksome than interesting to the classic Manhattan fan. This speakeasy sells Seattle’s most expensive Manhattan — for $54 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z For politicians who have worked their entire life to get on this debate stage, Mr Ramaswamy's presence - at the centre of the stage no less - must be irksome. Key moments from Republican presidential debate so far 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z It doesn’t make her an unreliable narrator so much as an irksome one. Books about books are catnip for avid readers. This week there's a bumper crop 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Let’s learn what role these irksome particles play in the plant life cycle. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Even critics like Professor Sridhar said that the messages yielded useful, if irksome, details. Ex-Minister’s Texts Lift the Veil on U.K. Covid Policy. It Isn’t Pretty. 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z But clever authors are still preferable to preternaturally unrealistically clever children or talking animals, who are deeply irksome in novels — along with disabled characters who exist only to provide treacly inspiration. Perspective | What readers hate most in books — from dreams to italics 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z It wasn’t even irksome that “Sweet Caroline,” having swept the Earth, ended matters. England, which knows the weight of expectations, opens World Cup looking gorgeous 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Despite such resonance, this “Holiday” too often feels musty, especially in the opening stretch, which has a lumbering pace and irksome air of narrative throat-clearing. Review | This 1928 drawing-room comedy comes across as a musty museum piece 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z He’d undoubtedly like voters to remember that it was under his watch that the pandemic ended — or at least diminished enough that they could throw their irksome masks away. Biden sent the wrong message on COVID. He can still fix it 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Soon we might be paying more for fewer good options, feeling wistful about the olden days of limitless streaming binges and sitting through irksome commercials. Streaming Is Sadder Now 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z For the past two years, many Chinese people have accepted the Covid restrictions as irksome but necessary. China’s Economy Stumbles in the Fog of Covid War 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z If you were in a hurry, his loquaciousness could be irksome. Perspective | Remembering ‘White Pony’ Tony, who kept Washington’s shoes gleaming 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z But a certain practice has become irksome: There are some in the group who will ask who else has been invited, or who has accepted, before they will decide on their attendance. Perspective | Miss Manners: Is it rude to say a gift you gave is expensive? 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z He once wrote that Black people were “ungovernable” and had “an inherent tendency to revert to savagery and to cast aside the shackles of civilization which are irksome to their physical nature.” Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Yet relatively few biologists—and hardly anyone else—are more than faintly aware of parasites beyond the tiny sliver of species such as tapeworms, pinworms and hookworms that are irksome or harmful to humans. The Scientists Fighting for Parasite Conservation 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z But the national rule for travelers remained and was arguably the most widespread, visible and irksome measure of its kind. Cheers, fear as judge strikes down U.S. transit mask mandate 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z But some irksome concerns come along with that love. Seattle loves dogs — but not picking up after them 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Its enactment produced the backlash from Disney — sparked by employee protests — that DeSantis and his allies claim to consider so irksome. Column: Heaps of money got Disney what it wanted in Florida, until now 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The sub-branding keeps those irksome traits from tarring the image of the day-to-day vehicles. With Multiple Personalities, Polestar Plots Its Post-Volvo Course 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “Eventually we get through and it may take several more days. I can imagine these enQ people costing us a couple of days. It’s irksome.” Please hold: Pricey way to jump IRS phone line at tax time 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z This is particularly irksome since there is so much concern about opiates. Can low-dose naltrexone relieve pain? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The more interesting ones are the ones where they just can't handle it, you are irksome to them…. What happens if Trump admits it all? Nothing much — at this point, that might help him 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z What’s unclear is whether the sharks were trying to avoid the irksome chafing itself—or the fishes’ parasites. Watch itchy fish rub up against the worst possible scratching post: hungry sharks 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z The familiar “Chicago’s team” moniker for the Fighting Irish — irksome to some, beloved by others — has roots in the slew of Rockne-era ties. Soldier Field showdown is another Chicago chapter for Irish 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The lack of employee privacy has made the perceived hypocrisy particularly irksome to some workers. Apple cares about privacy, unless you work at Apple 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z “I find it a little irksome how big corporations, the media and the government are all sort of this united front in pushing the vaccine so hard,” Mr. Rose said. They Don’t Want the Shot. They Don’t Want Colleagues to Know. 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z “I think he was trying to walk that fine line between doing what he felt was right and doing what, politically, he had to do with an irksome legislature,” Mr. Ingram said. As Virus Cases Spike in Arkansas, the Governor Backtracks on Masks 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Particularly irksome to Boldyga, the Massachusetts lawmaker, was a rule against golf carts, which was designed to limit the use of shared equipment and lifted last May. As coronavirus surges, GOP lawmakers are moving to limit public health powers 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z This all sounds good, but divvying up my life into separate desktop screens quickly felt irksome. Taking Microsoft’s Windows 11 for a Test Drive 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z He landed a role on Peterson’s first television series, “Movie Macabre,” as an irksome caller named “the Breather.” Actor John Paragon, Jambi the Genie on 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse,' dies at 66 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z One of the more irksome results of quantum mechanics is the revelation that reality is largely a persistent illusion. Scientists Supersize Quantum Effects with Entangled Drum Duet 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Texas is expected to gain as many as three, an irksome fact for some California policymakers. Awaiting census count, California ponders slow growth future 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, the news from the U.S. side has been somewhat irksome. Exasperated Canadians watch Americans getting vaccinated faster 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z A particularly irksome element of the rules was the ban on outdoor dining, which the administration could not provide a clear public-health reason for its rationale. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic year: Mistakes, progress and political jeopardy 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z “It is irksome only in the sense that it was an entirely different situation,” Mr. Axelrod said. Democrats, Pushing Stimulus, Admit to Regrets on Obama’s 2009 Response 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z While his dignity, humility and sincerity were balm for the soul, they were also plainly irksome to hard-right diehards devoted to Trumpism at any cost. Opinion | If you got a vaccine, Trump wants you to thank him 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z One tragedy is that Trump, notwithstanding his irksome personality, could have been a great president had he been able to control his temper and his tongue. Opinion | It’s time to bring down the curtain on the Trump tragedy 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z California labor and environmental regulations are undoubtedly irksome for many employers and entrepreneurs, but they are designed for the welfare of the community. Column: California isn't 'hemorrhaging' people, but there are some reasons for concern 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z For others closer to home, the decision by the Vatican City’s de facto municipal government to use it at the end of 2020 of all years was particularly irksome. Vatican 'Darth Vader' nativity scene gets earthly thumbs down 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z This was irksome for me as someone with small hands. Acer Aspire 5 review: a $549 laptop that doesn’t completely suck 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z I find that description irksome, because what they really are is inconvenienced. Opinion | Will this election permanently change how we vote? Let’s hope so. 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Mistakes made and opportunities missed by Minnesota’s most valuable players were especially irksome and perplexing. Zimmer seeks more from veterans on winless Vikings 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Which brings us back to Klein and her irksome relationship with the Trump campaign. Column: Political emails are nearly impossible to stop, proving 'democracy can be annoying' 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z “But it becomes irksome after a while when you see no follow up.” News Analysis: Amid coronavirus crisis, an unsatisfying end for California's Legislature 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Unlike Mulvaney with his irksome temperament, Meadows can light up a room with jokes and remember details about people’s lives that make them feel appreciated. Analysis | With demand for new coronavirus relief bill, Meadows assumes unfamiliar role: Dealmaker 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z This very high alarm rate prompted Evolv to blend AI software with radar to cut down on false alerts and keep the crowds flowing into a venue without irksome interruptions. The hidden detectors looking for guns and knives 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Administrators, promoters, sponsors and romantic sports fans will dismiss Olubamiwo as an irksome carnival barker. Larry Olubamiwo: 'Athletes dope for money. My goal was to make a living' | Donald McRae 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z More reliable battery life With true wireless earbuds, few things are more irksome than one of the earbuds failing to charge when placed into the case. Beats Powerbeats review: reliable wire 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z "It's often been observed that Harry seemed happiest in the Army -- with all those rules and regulations and discipline and responsibilities, those irksome, stifling, mundane duties." Meghan Markle, Prince Harry may struggle without 'royal-style logistics,' Princess Diana's ex secretary says 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z So when do chefs get to be heard above the noise of irksome customers who believe they are always right? US briefing: Bloomberg criticised, new spy director row and coronavirus 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s not loud enough to be a serious disruption in a public place, but I found it more irksome than useful nonetheless. Acer’s latest Swift 5 is light on your back and lighter on your wallet 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Tormented by the elements, their isolation and a particularly irksome seagull, it's not long before they find themselves at odds. Films lookahead: 20 movies not to miss in 2020 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z This argument, to many commentators, was either irksome or downright infuriating. Opinion | Ellen DeGeneres tells America she’s better than us 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z So while the imbalance was irksome to Zimmer last year and ultimately ineffective, this hard shift the other way has yielded success. Cook, Vikings thriving with throwback running game 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z This is all a little irksome, but at least it means I don’t have to do any work we can talk nonsense for an hour or so. Ashes 2019: England v Australia third Test, day one – live! 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z At the Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch Tuesday, Trump’s tweets came up and some lawmakers were finding the situation irksome, participants said. House vote condemns Trump’s tweets, draws some GOP support 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z But it was this tweet from yesterday afternoon that I found especially irksome. On disaster relief in Puerto Rico, Trump turns to gaslighting 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z “Or maybe she thought it wouldn’t be accepted. I have no idea, but it was just very irksome.” ‘I was cast as the exotic girl – then as the terrorist’s mother’: Madhur Jaffrey on acting, food and race 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z And it is irksome to see diagrams relating to Harriot’s navigational work in an appendix, rather than with the text they illustrate. Moon mapper, Sun spotter: the astonishing Thomas Harriot 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z One person close to the situation said the Bruins’ hopes of hiring Dixon had hit an irksome snag: his $8-million contract buyout with the Horned Frogs. Jamie Dixon is scheduled to speak with his Texas Christian players Thursday 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z One fish-eye-view camera at Rod Laver Arena, perched inside the players’ box, has been particularly irksome to coaches and supporters. Not-So-Hidden Cameras Take Australian Open Viewers on an Intimate Tour 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Some white people are acting as if they’re already there: keenly concerned about irksome moral math, as nonwhite people have been for a long time. Is Being a ‘Minority’ Really Just a Matter of Numbers? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Last week brought great news and irksome news for science. Two Nobels for women — why so slow? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z While there was a GoFundMe campaign to “euthanize Gritty,” some fans have embraced his irksome appearance, array of dance moves and hectoring antics. N.H.L. Preview: Splashy Moves and Shifting Powers 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z I didn’t start seeing fusion styles of it pop up left and right until after Gwyneth Paltrow filmed an irksome, disrespectful video with chef Lee Gross on how to make it in 2010. Perspective | How ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ helped rekindle my love for Korean food 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s irksome in politics – where female leaders endure all kinds of backward behaviour. Science doesn’t belong to men. Here’s the proof | Afua Hirsch 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z I think what tickles me most about these suggested replies is the way they lay bare some of the most irksome elements of our age. Are automated email responses a good idea? Let me get back to you on that! | Hadley Freeman 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z That proved irksome to more people than just the prime minister. The rise of Boris Johnson, in all his carefully honed, disheveled glory 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z These near miss losses in Philadelphia must be getting irksome, with one to end last season and another to begin this season. Analysis | NFL Power Rankings — Week 1: Don’t look now, but the Browns aren’t last on the list 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Commuters applying make-up is a major source of irritation to BBC News readers who wrote in about irksome train etiquette. What's wrong with doing make-up on a train? 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z As irksome as the Phoenix situation was, it was worse when VieVu, in 2016, won the bid for the New York Police Department. Can the Manufacturer of Tasers Provide the Answer to Police Abuse? 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Even for cities that are relatively welcoming to the scooters, the companies’ tactics are irksome. Scooter Startups Roll Into Trouble as Cities Slow Their Expansion 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Aside from a flickering monitor, there is nothing quite as irksome as a balky mouse. Review: Three ‘ergonomic’ mice include just one winner 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z She flirted with a sci-fi project — “I’m obsessed with that, but it hasn’t cracked yet” — while warding off the well-meaning but irksome questions from people curious about her Netflix plans. Shonda Rhimes Describes Her Grand Netflix Ambitions 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z If you hate unsolicited sales pitches, your next flight on United Airlines might be a bit irksome. United Airlines joins other carriers in peddling credit cards to passengers 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z After the ceremony in Inverness' station hotel Grant, who was famous for being a man of few words, wrote that the public engagements were "very irksome to one so little inclined to speaking". Stars and gripes: Crumbling president's Scottish tour 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Commissioner Roger Goodell’s goal in issuing the NFL’s ham-handed and tone-deaf anthem policy on Wednesday was to bring closure to an issue that has proved irksome to the league for the past two seasons. Really dumb: If NFL’s national anthem protests needed a solution, this is a bad one 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The DoJ is both comprehensively Trumpified and deeply irksome to Mr Trump. Donald Trump wants tough justice—with one exception 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z But the award has long been irksome to women in the business, some of whom say it’s a cover for the organization’s lack of women in the overall rankings. Perspective | The title of World’s Best Female Chef is ‘stupid.’ Just ask a woman who won it. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Cuomo first saw it as irksome, and eventually disrespectful, as the mayor rallied the governor’s union allies to his cause. Inside One of America’s Ugliest Political Feuds: Cuomo vs. de Blasio 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z After all, that’s the point of getting away: To cleanse your mind of irksome “notes to self” and halt the habit of checking email anxiously just to delete all the spam. The Do-Nothing Beach Vacation: Heaven or Hell? 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The kind that are so wrong, but also so irksome and off-the-wall that they can't be easily dismissed, and are therefore more frustrating. Here are the ten best ways to be a sports troll in 2018 - Golf Digest 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Only an enigma so rare and irksome could conjure its demise in this manner. Perspective | Cowboys entered playing ugly, then started ugly. But the Redskins were even uglier. 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z I’m a fan of function restraint, and find it irksome when brands offer new features for the sake of offering new features. Native Instruments Maschine MK3 review: an all-in-one music-making playground 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Gun owners may find a waiting period irksome, but it is a minor inconvenience weighed against lives saved. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z In other words, many of us find some noises irksome, even if they are not universally abhorred. When Whistling Is Not Music to Your Ears 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z It's irksome to hear folks deem criminal behavior as simply "free, protected 'speech'" without actually understanding the bounds of legitimately free, protected speech as determined by our nation's highest courts. Opinion | Campus Hate Lives on the Internet. Administrators Need to Catch Up. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z As is his 20th Grand Slam trophy, even with an irksome back prone to test him in inopportune moments. Roger Federer holds off Frances Tiafoe in U.S. Open first-round thriller 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z But software struggles to do that in a consistent way, and the inability to deal with this quirk formally is irksome. SI units need reform to avoid confusion 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z The timing of the ban is particularly irksome for the industry, because it ought to be enjoying a golden period. India’s huge buffalo-meat industry is in limbo 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The spellings of some words were more irksome than others. Is Wisconsin Really That Hard to Spell? 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z He was all these things, but the really irksome thing about his genius is that it too often feels misdirected into displays of virtuosity for reasons you don’t quite know. Frank Lloyd Wright: fantasist or genius? 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z This is why it’s incredibly irksome to hear people claim such afflictions, but only as and when it’s useful for them to do so. 'A little bit OCD': the downside of mental health awareness | Dean Burnett 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z These are doubtless very enjoyable stories for men to read, but for women they can be quite irksome. John Updike’s Rabbit, Run – another American story of men escaping women 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Ford has dropped its irksome MyFord Touch infotainment system for the latest Sync 3 system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability. Ford gives popular Escape new touches, features for 2017 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z She learned about the labor movement, stood in her first picket line, joined a faction of the Communist Party U.S.A., then resigned a year later because “she found party discipline irksome.” The Civil-Rights Luminary You’ve Never Heard Of 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z But to “Ghost in the Shell’s” credit, its fascination extends beyond the matter of its irksome racial politics. The ravishing sci-fi noir 'Ghost in the Shell' is fascinating, and not without its glitches 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Mrs Leadsom also took aim at other elements of the current regulations that many farmers find irksome. Migrant farm workers may stay after Brexit but red tape goes - BBC News 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Security Council to restore old borders in the region, Mr. Kerry’s speech proved particularly irksome to some observers. Inside the Beltway: 52% of Republicans still say Obama born in Kenya 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z He decided to use wood and settled on birch, which made the popular nickname “Spruce Goose” irksome to him. Spruce Goose hangar complex sold to Japanese investors 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The Trump press plane offers several advantages over commercial air travel: There’s no check-in, and there are no luggage limit or irksome restrictions about seatbelts or cellphone use. Notes From the Campaign Trail: A Measure of U.S. Fever 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z She implored the people to protect themselves against that irksome inner voice, festering top-of-mind after Election Day, that would wonder, “Ohhhhhh, if only I had done a little more.” Hillary Clinton Sees Ugliness, and Joy, in Race’s Closing Days 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Mrs. Clinton, they add, is disingenuous and irksome. Florida Voters With the Longest Memories Don’t Like What They See 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z A particularly irksome allegation for many South Koreans is a charge that Choi used her connections to get her daughter admission to a prestigious university in Seoul. Woman at center of South Korean political scandal: 'I've committed wrongs for which I deserve to die' 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z There is even slight evidence to suggest that antiquity is becoming a selling point, rather than an irksome obstacle to development. Brick by brick 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z A sceptic might react to this irksome scientism by objecting that, unlike in Plato's image, the vistas seen through the window keep changing. Theoretical physics: Windows on the weird : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z And it’s those random rewards, mixed in with all the mind-numbing updates and irksome requests that we find so addictive. Why We're Addicted to Email—And How to Fix It 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z This is the irksome question hanging over the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s home-brew server in the wake of news that Ms. Mills was granted immunity for her laptop’s contents. The Secrets of Cheryl Mills 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z After a while, the urge to attribute motivation to the behaviour of trees becomes irksome. Dendrology: The community of trees : Nature : Nature Research 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Particularly irksome to Mexicans was that Peña Nieto appeared to do little to push back against Trump’s earlier negative statements about Mexican migrants and unpopular proposals. Trump meeting is public relations disaster for Mexico's Enrique Peña Nieto 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Particularly irksome to Mexicans was that Pena Nieto appeared to do little to push back against Trump's earlier negative statements about Mexican migrants and unpopular proposals. Mexican president likely hurt by 'ill-advised' Trump meeting 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Particularly irksome to Mexicans was that Pena Nieto appeared to do little to push back against Trump’s earlier negative statements about Mexican migrants and unpopular proposals. Mexican president likely hurt by 'ill-advised' Trump meeting 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Our constitutional guarantee of due process may be irksome to lawmakers pushing for more gun control, but it's the cornerstone of our liberties. Presumed Guilty 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z At 73, I am celebrating everything age brings ... except some of those irksome aches and pains. A new way to turn 70: Don’t kick back and relax 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z And the revival of a subculture of train-graffiti writing in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center was seen as more than an irksome act of vandalism. To Catch a Graffiti Artist 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z As the economy falters, discontent is rising, and the ruling circle’s corruption is growing more irksome. Stans undelivered 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Brave is trying to subvert the dominant online-advertising model: it blocks intrusive advertisements such as self-starting videos, replaces them with less irksome ones and shares the revenues with publishers and users. Window dressing 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z But recently, a closer look at the irksome barbs proved fortunate for arachnologists from universities in Uruguay and Colombia. Love in the Time of Tarantulas: New Spider Shocks Scientists But he also said that the ditches could be especially irksome. Oakmont’s Water Hazards Have No Water but Sink Golfers Just the Same 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Just as irksome, he loved to declare the superiority of dogs over cats, and insisted I choose between them. Our love affair is based on animal magnetism 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Even if Mr. Sanders shies away from direct conflict with Mrs. Clinton, he could still be an irksome presence in the race. After Losses, Ted Cruz Picks Carly Fiorina as Running Mate and Bernie Sanders Retrenches 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Many say they field irksome questions that veer from serious to absurd: What are the perils of Trump’s particular brand of nativism? This German village wants to be known for wine. Instead, it’s Trump — and ‘Drumpf.’ 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z There are also many who prefer not to advertise their membership because they do not want to be held to the party’s notionally high moral standards and its irksome principles of thrift and self-sacrifice. Hammer and shackle 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Spieth’s wobble, culminating in a 74, was irksome enough without a warning for slow play, delivered initially on the 11th. Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy stand firm and prepare for Masters duel 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The IAB is urging them to make advertisements less irksome, so that consumers are less inclined to block them. Invisible ads, phantom readers 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z It’s no longer just that irksome thing that all Americans hate, right? “The system is rigged against regular people”: Big money has completely warped American democracy 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Which is irksome, I'm sure, to the millions of French workers who spend literally the entire month of August at the beach. Richer countries have more leisure time, with one big exception 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z For Indian policymakers this is an irksome reminder of the weakness of the country’s manufacturers. Arrive full, leave empty 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z While I enjoy The Post’s robust energy and environment coverage, it’s irksome that I’m consistently expected to think about carbon dioxide emissions savings in terms of an equivalent number of cars removed from the road. Measure environmental damage according to the ‘social cost of carbon’ 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z In China, negative publicity is widely regarded as irksome by local officials, who fear bad press will jeopardize their chances of promotion. Detention of three journalists sparks backlash in China 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Pleasant, Michigan described the problem with “so”: “Frequently used to begin a sentence, particularly in response to a question, this tiresome and grammatically incorrect replacement for “Like” or “Um,” is even more irksome.” A Superior State of Language 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z He’s like an endearing, occasionally irksome, child who is constantly asking questions, trapped inside the body of an 81-year-old man. Larry King: 'The secret of my success? I'm dumb' 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Of another, who he fancied but found irksome company, he writes: “I was still strongly attracted to her – when she wasn’t talking.” Bill Cosby's 'smoking gun': the chilling self-deception revealed in his book 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The problem is particularly irksome for sites dedicated to offering reviews, such as Yelp and TripAdvisor. Five-star fakes 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Not a drop/chance by any stretch, but irksome nonetheless, particularly for someone who has reacted to misfortune before by punching a locker. Pakistan v England: second Test, day one – live! 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z The search query “Is Rand Paul running for president?” seemed to be especially irksome. Rand Paul's Live-Stream Shines Spotlight on Flagging Campaign 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z "He clearly finds the attention irksome, exacerbated by his dislike of travelling by car," it adds. Newspaper headlines: Anthem furore dominates press - BBC News 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z But THE most irksome set of oft-confused words, at least to 46 percent of the survey’s respondents, was an old standard: “their, they’re and there.” Survey: General LOL most irked by grammar, spelling slips 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z But THE most irksome set of oft-confused words, at least to 46 percent of the survey's respondents, was an old standard: "their, they're and there." Survey finds Millennials most irked by bad grammar and spelling slips 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Yet South Korea’s poor relations with Japan, irksome as they are to the American ally both nations share, incur no imminent cost. The uses of history 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z In the new show Humans, consumers live in an extra-convenient reality, where robots, called ‘Synths’ do all their pesky, irksome tasks. On AMC's 'Humans,' Wrong Approach to Robots May Be Just What Real Humans Need 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Sure, it’s irksome to move from Google Hangouts to WhatsApp, for example, but it’s also relatively straightforward. How my girlfriend and I tried to fit the Apple Watch into our relationship 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But he found it irksome that I only clocked eight to nine hours a day. These are the things people who are forced to work long hours miss the most 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z He persuaded the Israelis to dismantle many of the more irksome restrictions on Palestinians. Inside the Mind of Tony Blair: The Newsweek Interview 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Many things in our pages are irksome, apparently. Journalese: The Sequel 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The rules for passing along an Individual Retirement Account are complicated and irksome. 11-Step Instruction Guide to Inherited IRAs, Inherited Roth accounts, and RMDs 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Those irksome situations in our lives – some, ahem, of our own doing – that sabotage our attempts at money management. Beware of These 7 Budget Blockers 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z He’s a man named Sascha, after all, and corporations irksomely address him as “Mrs.” a lot. Keeping the data trackers honest 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z They face an irksome obstacle, though: Cotton is up for re-election in 2020, and unlike some states, Arkansas does not allow candidates to seek more than one federal office simultaneously. GOP already trying to change the rules so Tom Cotton can run for president — in 2020 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z One particularly irksome noise is unique to no-frost fridges: a popping sound that bursts into the room in spats when the home appliance's compressor revs up. Annoying Refrigerator Noises Become Less Mysterious 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Other artists crisscrossed the bounds of sculpture and painting with lively abstract works that steered clear of the irksome tide of Zombie Formalism. Armory Roundup: Contemporary Artists Speak To The History Of Abstraction 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The comments were notably irksome due their rancorous tone and the gross language used to describe President Obama and other Democratic lawmakers. Fox News analyst: Obama and Democrats “acted like snitty, bitchy high school girls” in response to Netanyahu speech 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Form 1099 is that irksome piece of paper keyed to your Social Security Number. Oscar Celebs Who Forgo $168K Of Racy Swag, Beware IRS Form 1099 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z But even more irksome than a putatively hip, counter-culture figure like Beck promoting a storefront religious hustle is the fact that he also defended Kanye West for stealing his thunder at the Grandma Awards ceremony. Grammy Smackdown: Kanye’s Right About Beck’s Snoozer of an Album 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z It turned out, though, that Smith was more than a great coach with an irksome system. A Basketball Mind in Tune With the Social Fabric 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Recent graphic showcases were boring and buggy and instilled an irksome sensation that I’d made a mistake. The best reason to own a new PC is to play five-year-old games 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Controlling anger and frustration keeps our professional and private lives on track—and prevents irksome situations from escalating. Control Your Feelings in 5 Stages 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z This division of powers stuff in the Constitution has been really irksome over the last 250 years or so. Gay Marriage Case Offers G.O.P. Political Cover 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Public support for them ebbed as the disruption to traffic grew more irksome. Folding the umbrellas 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z More accurately, it confirmed the small but immensely rich host nation’s retreat, under sustained pressure, from an activist foreign policy its neighbours viewed not only as irksome but as downright subversive. Islamism is no longer the answer 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr Casino says that a ban in his favourite watering holes would be irksome, but “it’s not gonna stop me from drinking”. Smoke signals 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z To General Raziq, such accusations are an irksome diversion from his focus on Pakistan, an enemy he accuses of feeding the insurgency from bases across the border in Baluchistan Province. Powerful Afghan Police Chief Puts Fear in Taliban and Their Enemies 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z In the long run, I suspect that government censorship, election meddling and other limits on personal freedom will grow ever more irksome. China's Response to Hong Kong Protests an Indicator of Things to Come 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z But in Washington the word is even more irksome, combining the puffery of its common use with the disingenuousness of the politician’s claim to forthrightness. Washington’s favorite f-word Critics fear the spread of increasingly irksome types of surveillance. Kojak moments 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The defeat of Napoleon in 1814 freed the British to turn their attention to the irksome little war in America. ‘When Britain Burned the White House’ by BBC correspondent Peter Snow This is why a billionaire on a yacht is more irksome than a billionaire in his office. Martha’s Vineyard Diary: Let Obama Have His Vacation One bit of Mexican business culture may prove irksome to the visitors from the U.S. It is not uncommon for meetings to be canceled or postponed with little warning. HSBCVoice: What You Need To Know About Business Etiquette In Emerging Markets 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “It’s somewhat irksome to see so much focus on the issue of why was I fired.” Abramson Discusses Exit From the Times With Media 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Particularly irksome to environmentalists is the EU's request that the U.S. make a "legally binding commitment" to export its oil and gas, which U.S. negotiators have so far resisted, according to the correspondence. A leaked document shows just how much the EU wants a piece of America’s fracking boom But there's a point at which irksome tweaks like the Toyota sign spill over into fundamental change, and we're getting close to it. Cubs plans don't tell whole story of proposed additional signs 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Still, the price of razor blades is irksome. How's A Man Supposed To Get A Good Shave? The Story Of Harry's And The Razor Wars 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z It is therefore especially irksome when the prospect doesn’t have the courtesy to communicate with the firm once a selection has been made, let alone explain thew rationale for choosing the winning proposal. Pitchin' Nightmares 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Evicting irksome innovators is hardly ever good for business. Forever blowing bubbles 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The unwieldy Kinect is often seen as a burden rather than a boon, with unreliable voice commands and irksome gesture controls. Without The Kinect, The Xbox One Is Basically The PS4 2014-05-13T15:59:00Z Do not let their irksome habits influence the way you treat them or evaluate their work. 8 Ways to Deal With Someone You Just Can’t Stand 2014-03-28T14:41:23Z Celebrations of how great you are will convince admissions officers that you would be an irksome bore on campus. Mathews: Why I no longer fear the SAT 2014-03-16T20:28:22Z Form 1099 is that irksome piece of paper that tells the IRS you were paid. Oscar Freebies Balloon To $80K (Don't Tell IRS) 2014-03-01T14:45:00Z For critics, however, it wasn't just the perception of a glossy homecoming that proved irksome - it was the booze itself. Did Budweiser's Super Bowl ad sanitise war homecomings? 2014-02-05T01:29:31Z January is a boom month for online dating, but certain irksome recurring phrases might put off potential mates. Readers' most hated online dating cliches 2014-01-12T01:29:16Z This was particularly irksome because rival Green Bay managed to win the division for the third consecutive year despite quarterback Aaron Rodgers not playing for seven games. Trestman's first season ends with a thud 2013-12-30T04:29:00Z Its advertising has tended to be provocative and, to some, irksome. Advertising: Choosing to Be Naughty After Getting in Shape 2013-12-25T23:20:02Z Mr. Seinfeld, a car collector fond of vintage Porsches, says he finds many conventions of automobile commercials irksome, including footage of vehicles stirring up dust in barren landscapes. Advertising: Seinfeld’s Deliberately Inept Web Campaign for Acura 2013-12-17T02:03:03Z Most irksome, because they take up a lot of space, are rocket-launch systems that were retired in the 1980s. Special Report: The Pentagon's doctored ledgers conceal epic waste 2013-11-18T14:56:01Z Within a fortnight of his acceptance, the perennially irksome Netherlands invaded Belgium, igniting a low-intensity war for nine years. What Microsoft Can Learn About Shopping For A CEO 2013-09-04T17:02:00Z In Washington, the fiscal clock is ticking toward two irksome deadlines. Strategies: For Investors, No Need to Duck. Just Diversify. 2013-08-31T16:52:39Z Sir… is described as “tweedpunk”, a somewhat unpalatable term representing an irksomely useful shorthand. 'Sir, You Are Being Hunted' Preview - Fear, Fens And Milky Tea 2013-08-27T16:35:00Z The identical map was particularly irksome considering I just beat Saints Row the Third again as a refresher ahead of reviewing IV. 'Saints Row IV' Review: The Rocket's Red Glare 2013-08-14T13:02:00Z If nothing else, they will be an irksome presence for many Knicks fans, for whom anything Celtic, even former Celtic, is irritating. In Brooklyn, New Nets Stars Are Clear About Their Goal 2013-07-19T02:18:28Z Most recently, their criticism has focused not on the structure but only the "ethics" of individual employees, or – above all – "culture", that irksome ghost in an otherwise groovy machine. Big banks are still gaming the state, but who's got the courage to say it? 2013-05-22T08:10:10Z And as anyone following my tweets over the last year or two will know, I've started finding Google more and more irksome. Boot up: Samsung's 10m S4s, NFC's double counts, Google's un-openness, and more 2013-05-20T06:30:00Z That forces PayPal to attract customers through a mix of financial incentives and small fixes for what it calls "consumer pain points," or irksome shopping experiences. Analysis: PayPal hopes to break shoppers' swipe habit in stores 2013-04-11T11:06:38Z The difficulty, of course, is establishing these things to the irksome standard of proof required to discredit someone in public life. How about a few questions to tease out the footballing fascists? 2013-04-03T21:00:01Z And it can be as irksome to people in Miami as it is in Mecca. Viewpoint: Does Pope Francis' Outreach to Non-Catholics Signal Deeper Reform? 2013-03-23T09:50:22Z Fee hikes by Amazon are particularly irksome to sellers because they compete with the company, a seller in its own right, in many categories on the site. Analysis: Amazon's sellers unhappy about fee hikes, eye rivals 2013-03-18T11:08:55Z Mr. Thurston said he encountered another kind of irksome communication when a friend asked, by text message, about his schedule for the South by Southwest festival. Boot up: Android's 'casual' market, Twitter kills another app, Kenya's e-election and more 2013-03-11T06:30:00Z So, less work during the week and no irksome bills delivered on Saturdays in exchange for helping keep climate change at bay? Study: Working Less Could Save The Planet 2013-02-07T16:55:52Z A related set of concerns: Is the previous question irksomely PC or sentimental? Do Crabs Feel Pain? Maybe 2013-01-18T08:05:00Z The fines paid by Barclays and UBS seem almost like the costs of doing business – irksome, sure, but a punt worth making. UBS and the Libor scandal: the gift that keeps taking 2012-12-20T22:19:31Z Suddenly, irksomely, unexpectedly, explosively and from a great height, you will be reduced to a shower of giblets again, and again, and again. Capsule Review: Stealth Bastard Deluxe 2012-12-12T17:43:58Z Robbie Williams' seventh No 1 – his first in eight years – is helped by the recent irksome craze for adapting nursery rhymes, Ring a Ring o' Roses in this case. Sixty years of the UK charts 2012-11-13T18:48:57Z The authority no doubt wishes that such irksome ads would disappear. City Room: The Day: With a New M.T.A. Ad Policy, Thinking About the First Amendment 2012-10-02T13:12:30Z They may be irksome, but governments seldom abandon a steady source of taxes. American beer and spirits: Prohibition hangover 2012-09-06T15:03:16Z The latest two were irksome because they ruined an otherwise decent outing. Orioles got quietly in 6-1 loss to Athletics 2012-07-29T03:54:08Z The chief adversary is Italy's high borrowing costs, which Mr. Monti acknowledged were an irksome bugbear for a government called in to bring them down. Monti's Blunt Words Mark Shift for Italy 2012-07-11T17:22:23Z The "irksome, annoying question" that triggered Wiggins wrath surely owes its origin to the actions and deceit of previous generations. The tour de France in the mountains: analysis and discussion 2012-07-10T15:57:07Z And here is Marina Hyde’s Olympic diary, in which she looks at some of the most irksome examples of Olympic jargon: including “product”, “Team Jennis” and “to medal”. London 2012 Olympics: 23 days to go - live blog 2012-07-04T08:35:18Z Finally, many thanks for all your suggestions for the most irksome instances of Olympic vocab. A lesson in Olymp-o-nomics 2012-07-03T21:13:56Z The persistent tendency to belittle women's cricket in comparison to men's is just irksome, in a way that tends not to happen in individual sports. Triumphant England's women enjoying their days in the sun 2012-06-25T12:52:30Z We'll be dealing with the more irksome aspects of Olympic vocabulary in this space on Friday. London 2012 Olympics: Team GB and the 'ultimate shopping experience' 2012-06-19T17:47:38Z The Internet access flap is irksome to many Chappy residents, because they pay taxes to Edgartown, which sits on the Vineyard proper and is cabled for broadband. Hey, Comcast, the Rich Aren't That Different 2012-06-14T23:45:55Z Forget irksome consultation and careful study of what happens in other countries. Give these overpaid CEOs abos (that's Antisocial Business Orders) 2012-05-28T19:00:08Z The delays may be irksome, but they are symptoms of a boom. Cars in Indonesia: Let them walk 2012-05-24T15:10:30Z Those are all things Eli Manning said in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch about the “Little Brothers” group, dedicated to helping kids cope with irksome older sibs. Eli Manning on ?Saturday Night Live:? Peyton?s funnier 2012-05-07T12:45:25Z Particularly irksome for the workers, members of the International Association of Machinists Local 851, is that they would be locked into their pay scales. Machinists strike at Caterpillar's Joliet plant 2012-05-02T03:29:00Z But this combination of rigid communism with rigid personal poverty was early discovered to be irksome. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It would have been irksome to her, as a prodigious tipper, to observe any economy—but Marsden gave almost as much as if she herself had taken the money out of the purse. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z I could elucidate this idea by many additional examples; for instance, by the history of the evolution of the coat, if I were not fearful that my gossip might prove irksome to you. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Sir George made a stirring speech, the drums beat to quarters, and then came that irksome interval before opening fire that tells so acutely on the nerves of even the most hardened veteran. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z In the case of work the normal child probably at first finds almost any assigned task irksome. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z But these efforts were still attended by very imperfect success, for the worldly nuns of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries chafed at the irksome restriction no less than did their predecessors of the middle ages. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z "And you find them rather irksome?" he questioned, an eager light brightening his eyes. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z By their desire to enjoy the fruits of literature and science, through a less irksome medium than Latin, the nobility performed for the people at large an undeniable service. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z On its alternative system, large investors would be protected from what many find an irksome species: rapid-fire traders who use powerful computers to spot orders as they emerge and instantly trade ahead of them. A 'Dark Pool' Lives Up to Its Name 2012-04-09T03:26:29Z Some of the tasks required of him will be and should be somewhat irksome, as a means of discipline. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z It would be irksome to repeat, word for word, the altercation that took place between them; for they fought with words and argued for many hours that morning. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z The service of God is irksome; the restraints of God’s law are distressing; they like a free life, freedom to please themselves. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The direct description of a fact of any great extent is an irksome task, even where the requisite notions are already completely developed. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z But, like many good thoughts which we give not entertainment to by reason that they be irksome, I changed that intent for one which had in it more of pleasantness, though less of virtue. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He has always to be on his good behavior before them, which is irksome. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Where the spirit is unwilling, how irksome is the task! The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z He is not afraid to face the irksome; he does not consult merely for his ease and pleasure; labour does not distress him, and difficulties do not daunt him. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The first church at Roxbury had, at the earnest request of the venerable Apostle Eliot, been seeking a colleague to share the duties which increasing infirmity rendered irksome to him; and Nehemiah Walter was chosen. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Constance added, finding her rôle of mentor irksome when all her youth cried out for fun. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z "We call this the Black Country," Basset explained, feeling the silence irksome. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Patroclus here will get tired out, certainly completely tire me out, long before his bit becomes irksome. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z Accordingly, the time he spent in Chicago, waiting for the coming of his son-in-law that he might have the satisfaction of bending the other to his will began to grow long and irksome. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z This controversy rendered his situation irksome and after only six years ministry in this country, he left for England. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z We contract at last such a familiarity with them as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call off our minds. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z I have ever felt that it was irksome and profitless to invite others to such affairs, and not less so to be bidden to them myself. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z He soon found himself so indisposed to any active military service, that even the ordinary routine became irksome and unbearable. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Pronouncing new words and searching for dictionary meanings is often made a mechanical labor which is irksome and largely fruitless, because the wrong pronunciations are learned and the definitions do not fit. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z At first they disregarded the command, but when Captain Espejo threatened to gag them if they persisted they thought it best to remain silent, irksome though the restriction was. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z She was young enough to feel confinement irksome, and she yearned for the open and the unexplored. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z We would be laborers together with Thee to-day, not as driven to irksome tasks, but as honored with a welcome privilege. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z Still, it was irksome to feel that no matter when or where you moved, watching eyes observed and chronicled these movements. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z And there is dignity in observing rules self-imposed, however irksome they may be. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z With the return of peace these laws remained unrepealed; the decisions of courts remained unreversed; constitutional restrictions were deemed irksome and of little moment. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z But the exuberance that had appealed to the new prime minister in her years of political insurgency became irksome when her government ran into choppy political waters with its hard-line economic policies. Norman St. John-Stevas, Tory Dismissed by Thatcher, Dies at 82 2012-03-09T21:40:53Z Society may become irksome, and may be shunned for ever, without a sentiment of hate. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z She knew that her brother-in-law found her constant presence irksome. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z For this purpose preconcerted signals have been agreed upon or invented as required, and these have been found to be irksome and difficult to remember, because constructed without any reference to a definite plan. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z Their presence was irksome, and he wanted to be alone just then. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The position, however, soon became irksome, for the passionate brother often beat Benjamin, till at last he determined to run away. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z The young dispatcher and his first trick man found it hard to endure the irksome monotony of those two anxious hours. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z It was altogether like thinking by stratagem, and the tension of working against time became so irksome, that he issued a notice to the subscribers that successive numbers would come out when they were ready. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z But you don't know what poverty is--after wealth, Betty--how narrowing, how irksome, how it galls at every point! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The girl's eyes glistened, but she said nothing, and the man moved slightly as though his pose had grown irksome. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Walking was becoming irksome, and he panted for breath. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z However safe a cove Mr. Murray might have found, his time, I knew, must be passing most irksomely, as he could not have moved about since the day he left us. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z "It might be less irksome," said I, curling my lip. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z To the pure fictionist it would necessitate irksome notation; the mere observer would hardly perceive its fictional value. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Its obtrusive scenery "with the same strong impressions repeated day after day" became irksome; then he grew tired of the mountains and "would joyfully see them laid flat." Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z Returning to it from a sentimental journey or from a brilliant season of lionizing in London, he finds its quiet and seclusion insufferably irksome. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z The chevalier's attentions were rather irksome than otherwise, for his conversational powers were limited. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Try as he might he felt the position irksome, and was glad to seek refuge in flippancy. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z I no longer have that irksome, digital reminder that I am not the first and only love of his life. Why I'm Glad My Boyfriend Isn't On Facebook 2012-02-14T18:01:36Z After a while, the contemplation of the weeping Clovis and the dazed Phebus became irksome, and there being no signs of prospective breakfast, Pharamond turned his attention to another matter. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Yet at the same time her presence was irksome, and goaded her spouse to flashes of rage which drove him, as it were in protest, to deeds of violence. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Influence must be exerted, too, over the marquis, who in sudden freedom from irksome restraint might be impelled to do something imprudent. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Lady Lansdowne, with something of this kind in her thoughts and pity in her heart, sat eying Miss Sibson in a silence which disclosed nothing, and which the schoolmistress found irksome. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Duigenan explains that it took five years’ hard study to get a fellowship; that the juniors were subject to incessant toil and irksome bondage as tutors, and that their single compensating prospect was co-option. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z She was one of those who have no respect for crowns of thorns, and consider crosses irksome wear. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z It never is "irksome" to me, but a work of real love to me. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z Temporary restraint, though it might be irksome, seemed no more than a natural passing incident. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z The coming of Christ, however, being for some unaccountable reason delayed, poverty and humility grew irksome, and human nature began to assert itself. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Our friendship, dear Geoffrey," said Harrison, concluding the narrative of his life, "rendered my situation far from irksome, while it enabled me to earn a respectable living. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z The Darfurians found Dervish rule as irksome as that of the Egyptians had been, and a state of almost constant warfare ended in the gradual retirement of the Dervishes from Darfur. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z As he finished his recital McGillicuddy looked shamefacedly around him as though gathering courage for an irksome task. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z This was the only method then known, and it was so slow and irksome that young Blanchard often grew disgusted. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z He rebounds well for his position, and uses his length and feet to play on-ball defense irksome only to the man he’s guarding. Off the Dribble: Filling Out the West's All-Star Roster at Forward 2012-02-03T20:16:28Z Transaction fees are one of the most irksome, grudge payments in commerce. Coffee and Financial Revolution, Anyone? 2012-02-02T13:26:34Z The kind of life I led was irksome to you; you could not help me in it; even to hear me talk of what I did each day was burdensome to you. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z "One party doesn't keep the bargain, or keeps it half-heartedly, as an irksome thing, and day by day the separation grows more complete, until you are living with your enemy or living quite alone." The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z He was leaning now on Mary's shoulders with a heaviness which that young person began to find irksome. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Had he walked in at that moment he would have been irksome to her as a stranger. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z It’s irksome on cars like the A8 sedan, but a travesty on a sports coupe. Audi’s $57,000 TT RS Geared for L.A.’s Twisty Mulholland Drive 2012-01-26T05:29:41Z These winter months proved the most irksome of my captivity, my sole occupation being the plaiting of ropes from the flax which was grown about these parts. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z "One party doesn't keep the bargain or keeps it half-heartedly as an irksome thing and day by day the separation grows more complete until you are living with your enemy or living quite alone." The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z And yet she liked him now, and his society was never irksome. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z To avoid this irksome imprisonment to a plot of sugar canes, many of the English freebooters joined their brethren at Tortuga, or turned cow-killers and logwood cutters in the Bay of Campeachy. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z And Stoglin drove with a chance to tie it at 32, but James batted down the shot like an irksome gnat. Maryland vs. Florida State: Seminoles outmuscle Terps in 84-70 victory 2012-01-18T04:26:00Z The pay of the soldiers was only threepence per day, and their quarters extremely uncomfortable, while their drill and discipline were unnecessarily irksome. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z But we arrived at the conclusion that the shoot was far more dangerous in appearance than in reality, and that it was preferable to a long and exceedingly irksome portage. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z This employment, however, proving irksome, he wandered about for a time with a company of strolling players. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z His death at this juncture certainly hastened the war with France, though it freed Charles from an irksome subjection and greatly helped in the development of his character. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z The disturbance of harmony is irksome to the nation. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z At the time I first knew him it was irksome to very many of his friends to be told that there ought to be an efficient fugitive slave law. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z As the old servant departed northward, her solitude for the first time began to grow irksome, and as the night approached, worse even than gloomy. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The appointment was thus distasteful in its origin to Newcastle and became more irksome with experience. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Then the king was ushered in with five of his courtiers, made to assume a peculiar, very irksome position, and all were asked to hold naked swords upon each other's breasts. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z But as the tribe grew the temporal power became irksome to him. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z It was rich with incidents, and afforded the nomadic lawyers ample relaxation from all the irksome toil that fell to their lot. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Relieved of that irksome toil, and ready for work, they jumped at the presence, to welcome in countercharge the enemy’s coming. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The piston-pivot and the connecting-rod head are preferably lubricated with fresh oil, because their constant movement renders inspection difficult and the control of lubrication irksome. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z As a matter of fact, it was no less irksome to the Bride to listen than to talk herself. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z Why, for instance, should the Hausa and the Sudanese have a natural aptitude for European military discipline while the Waganda find it irksome? The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z He found some service to be performed—irksome, doubtless, and in many eyes degrading. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z This necessary period of preparation, of slow and irksome preparation, and gradual progression, cannot be avoided or overleaped by the most heroic exertions of man. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z Hence was his life very irksome to the brothers, but they endured it calmly on account of his brother's goodness. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Impatient of what he afterwards described as an irksome expostulation, Abercorn rose to leave. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Upon inquiry I found that, although the child was dying of starvation, she found it irksome to apply for the milk. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z When the trade began to revive for sailing-vessels, by a removal of some of the irksome restrictions, Lisbon was the most important port on the Iberian Peninsula for British shipping. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z But the fact that the men were unable to speak any language we understood prevented it from becoming irksome, and one was soon able to become nearly oblivious of the clanking sword at one's elbow. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z To be the messenger-boy of a woman's summons grew increasingly irksome. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Even nominal subjection to the postmasters-general was so irksome to Palmer that he was constantly pressing that a special Act might be passed to give him perfect freedom. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z System of any kind is peculiarly irksome to him. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z I do not know anything more irksome than such a position. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z By half past three the waiting began to grow irksome, and enquiries were made for the widow. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z But their restricted size soon becomes irksome to a craftsman, whilst the expense of firing makes only the finest work remunerative. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z I do hope that the social duties are not too irksome. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Sitting in a chair is as irksome to the Fijian as sitting tailor-fashion is to us. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z "I'll get away from the settlements, so as to see what the life is really like, and whether the loneliness is so irksome as some make out." A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z It was an irksome twenty minutes, but it had to be endured. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I have known a little girl submit spontaneously to hours of irksome restraint and disagreeable employment merely because it was right. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z But unpopularity is less irksome than maintaining a pose of sociability. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z I meant to shirk my responsibilities because they had grown irksome. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z Or, do you find these practices irksome, and either slur them over, or neglect them altogether? Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z As a fact, neither alternative was irksome to Henry Harper. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Every particle of Spanish sympathy had long since been purged from his heart, and his honors from such a source had become irksome. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z If you have a passion—a mania, I call it—for travelling, if repose is so irksome to you, why don't you travel? The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z It was all so dull and irksome; there was only one word which occurred to her as applicable to the situation, and that was stodgy. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z It was some distance to Bonaventure, and my companion was not communicative, but I did not find the silence irksome. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Codling felt that he had a right to be disheartened when his projects were not adopted forthwith, and moreover, he was getting under weigh as a lover, and that made other occupations irksome. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z The irksome round of daily toil was idealized in the fellowship of a common faith, the central point of which was the indwelling of the Spirit of God. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z And then came the table d'h�te, and with it a little whiff of toilet and hotel breeding, sufficiently irksome and distasteful. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It proved an irksome time for the members of her family as well as for herself. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z "Frankness is sometimes irksome to both speaker and listener," said the girl, turning her dark eyes upon me steadily. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Under any circumstances I love him too well not to be thankful I am spared the misery of seeing him suffer from an irksome marriage that could not satisfy him. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z I paid midday visits, wondering why duty should have set me so irksome a task. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z He never learned to play; to be completely idle for a day even became, latterly, irksome, almost irritating, to him. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z In the constant fret against the irksome restrictions of her life Prudence’s sunny nature fought under unequal conditions, with the result that the sun suffered many an eclipse. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z Nevertheless, it struck me that I might find too much culture irksome, especially if it implied that I must carry half my household sundries upon my back whenever I started on an expedition. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z But to sign it with the mental reservation that one will disavow one's signature if the obligations undertaken become irksome, that is swindling. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z It is an irksome task to show any sort of picture to people who have neither taste, knowledge, nor enjoyment of the art. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Even to put a handful of flowers into water required an effort of will which it was irksome to make. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z You didn't know what marriage was and how irksome it must be unless love makes its constraints sweeter than freedom. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z It is not our fault that you overrate us, and one finds the standard others set up for one irksome. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Matters were at this pass when the attention of du Verney was attracted by the young music master of Mesdames, now growing restless under the tedium of his showy but irksome charge. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z To shop for others, or with others, is a most irksome fatigue. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z The true reason, then, is that I am getting old, and writing has become irksome. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z There is a little gap in the date of his letters, and then he complains that this solitude is made more irksome by their having been there and departed. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z There were others of a less serious nature, but, nevertheless, very irksome and sometimes dangerous, such as bogging down in the quicksand while crossing a river, or creek. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z In writing at this moment I feel an irksome disgust at the idea of using a single phrase that sounds like religious cant. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Even the perfunctory teaching that he did grew irksome to him, and his knowledge of the great sadness, groans, and lamentations that he tells arose among his followers, was powerless to break the spell. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z With Branwell, indeed, as with Mary in his poem of 'Percy Hall,' 'thought felt irksome to the heated brain.' The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:25.173Z Any underlining of the relation of master and servant was as irksome to him as if he had come of generations of communists, instead of a race of tyrannous slave-holders. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Above all this, they had to endure the pangs of hunger, which every day grew more and more irksome. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Men roused from slumber to perform the irksome routine are apt to be apathetic before breakfast. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Not being able to stand upright, or to stretch themselves within the cell, the sitting posture they were compelled to adopt became, after a time, intolerably irksome. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The imprisonment of even a gondola was irksome to me. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z To write of those things makes the bustling city seem dull and irksome. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Obedience to authority is part of the nature of the Indian child and it comes so easy for him to render it that it never becomes irksome. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z They would have been very suitable but for the existence of irksome rules and regulations as to ladies. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z On him devolved the irksome task of catering for the headquarter mess. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z He was anticipating the irksome task of removing the effects of salt water from his rifle and bayonet. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z And after a fortnight of heavenly rest, the idleness became more irksome to his temperament every day. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z But even gathering wild flowers grew irksome at last, so Ransey got his New Testament, and turning to Revelation, read lots of nice sensational bits therefrom. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z He indulged the follies and vices of his chosen companions, till indulging them longer became irksome. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z For that is the Road of Righteousness; and, although it be hard and irksome, yet it endeth in a glorious City, which is called the City of the Great King. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z To labour for others is sometimes a little irksome.... Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Besides that, there is another reason to incline you to this reformation, since if you so much dislike those errors in an imaginary character, think how extremely irksome such faults must be to your friends. 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