annoyance

• He knew he had made a mistake somewhere, for the annoyance was real. —  Clavell - King Rat
• It was feeble, and of brief duration; and as no further annoyance was anticipated by the police officers, the narrator, who had been left in charge, retired to his lodgings in the same street. —  Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents
• We did not, however, retire to our former position; but having fallen back only about two miles from the canal, where it was supposed that we should be beyond reach of annoyance from the American artillery, we there established ourselves for the night, having suffered less during the day than, from our exposed situation and the enemy's heavy fire, might have been expected The ground which we now occupied resembled, in almost every particular, that which we had quitted. —  The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815
• Your annoyance is my desolating sorrow, yet"--he waved his hand with a bland gesture--"I am but the servant of His Majesty, the Sultan--whom Allah preserve--and the official is frequently detained What is done, is done. —  The Lighted Match
• Once more, instead of listening to the whisper of wisdom, he started, on Lieutenant Lagache's machine; and this time the annoyance was the gasoline spurting over the loose top of the carburetor. —  Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air

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