vexation

• May God not visit you with vexation, and may he open to us a way of deliverance! —  Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846
• His remarks, when he related his adventure, were concerning the audacity of the lion in attacking a Christian man; but his chief vexation was about the saddle. —  Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
• Twenty times that day I fully made up my mind to cry with vexation, and twenty times that day I laughed instead; and surely, a kettle of tea was never made under so many difficulties as the one I made that morning. —  Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
• At last he rapped out an oath of vexation, and proffered the ribbon to his valet My hair, Francois," said he, "and then we will be going Going It was an ejaculation of horror from Armfelt, whose face was now as white as the ivory-coloured suit he wore What else? —  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
• It was but lately everything relating to my undertaking wore a favourable and pleasing appearance, but I am at this moment overwhelmed with anxiety, vexation, and despair This rival balloon was constructed by a Frenchman named De Moret, who, having succeeded in attracting a concourse of fifty or sixty thousand people to see his ascent, failed in the primary part of his undertaking,--that of filling his balloon. —  Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages

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