exasperated tone
Frequency: 7.81.6 per million words
a quality in the voice expressing irritation
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Examples (10)
- She spoke in an exasperated tone after explaining the same thing five times.
- His exasperated tone made it clear he was losing patience with the situation.
- The teacher used an exasperated tone when the students kept talking during class.
- I could hear the exasperated tone in her voice as she dealt with another complaint.
- With an exasperated tone, he asked why nobody had followed the instructions.
- The manager's exasperated tone revealed her frustration with the repeated mistakes.
- She couldn't hide her exasperated tone when addressing the uncooperative client.
- An exasperated tone crept into his voice as the meeting dragged on unnecessarily.
- The customer service representative maintained professional composure despite her exasperated tone.
- He spoke in a barely controlled exasperated tone after the third technical failure.