vexing

• Wrong. Perhaps you can get the hardware in place, but there's the vexing issue of software. —  Asimov'sSF,August2008
• Only do you try not to dislike writing when you write, or not to write when you dislike it that , I ask of you, dear dearest—and forgive me for all this over-writing and teazing and vexing which is foolish and womanish in the bad sense. —  The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 1845-1846
• He addressed the matter of prizes taken at sea by American privateers, and gave all possible attention to the vexing issue of what to do about American prisoners of war held by the British and those British prisoners taken on the high seas who were being held in France. —  John Adams by David McCullough
• Here I staid vexing, and yet pleased to see every body for me; and so home, where my people are mightily surprised to see this business, but it troubles me not very much, it being nothing touching my particular person or estate. —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys
• So how do people with kids in co-ops, condos and rentals co-exist with those without children, who don't appreciate the noise generated by the pitter patter of little feet, especially in public spaces? brought this vexing issue to light. —  Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn

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