in exasperation

Frequency: 8.520.1 per million words

Used as an adverbial phrase to describe an action done while feeling exasperated.

exasperationPREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • She rolled her eyes in sheer exasperation.
  • He groaned in exasperation.
  • The teacher sighed in exasperation at the students' behavior.
  • She threw her hands up in exasperation when the computer crashed again.
  • He muttered in exasperation as he tried to fix the broken printer.
  • The mother looked at her messy children in complete exasperation.
  • She shook her head in exasperation at his repeated mistakes.
  • The customer service representative spoke in barely concealed exasperation.
  • He closed his eyes in exasperation after hearing the same excuse again.
  • She stormed out of the room in exasperation after the meeting went nowhere.