irritated

• I began to feel irritated, and to interpret every fleeting glance which he cast at Monsieur Frost as a mute inquiry: "Why has this fellow come to see me After some conversation he remarked that his father and mother were at home. —  Youth
• I had been grieved the night before because I had a child by this woman; and I was now irritated, ashamed, wounded at having no more of her. —  The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) Une Vie and Other Stories
• Large birds on sea islands where there are no beasts to molest them lose the power of flight After a criminal's head had been cut off his breast was irritated, and he raised his hands several times as if to brush away the exciting cause. —  Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power
• Sallo, after having published only his third volume, felt the irritated wasps of literature thronging so thick about him, that he very gladly abdicated the throne of criticism. —  Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
• The one thing wanted is that the cold cloth shall be placed right over the root of the nerve which is irritated, and consequently overheated. —  Papers on Health

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