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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
exasperate .
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Examples
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That foundation-knows-best attitude exasperates Mayor Dave Bing and City Hall officials, who have sought to reassure Detroiters that their voices, not outsiders, will guide efforts to rebuild the city.
Revival Bid Pits Detroit vs. Donor Matthew Dolan 2011
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Eliot shows us that nature does give boys and girls their own small advantages in life, but it is our socialization that exasperates them to such an extreme that we think that bravery is masculine and the need for emotional attention is feminine.
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I am also aware that the only reason it actually exasperates me is that I do like it quite a lot.
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Because the tribal character of Libyan society exasperates and demands such a war, he claimed.
Gaddafis warn their departure would lead to endless war in Libya. Why? 2011
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He exasperates his servant Sganarelle and must constantly be extricated from sticky situations by his disapproving father.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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If the criticism exasperates Arsène Wenger, then it also grates like fingernails on a chalkboard with the players.
Gaël Clichy: Ending Arsenal trophy drought has become an obsession David Hytner 2010
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It exasperates the less extravagantly gifted but I have never thought that it reveals a submissiveness of mind.
VVS Laxman is the latest standard bearer for the Golden Age 2011
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He exasperates his servant Sganarelle and must constantly be extricated from sticky situations by his disapproving father.
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He has transformed the team but his tendency to play the old soldier with a ready excuse when things go wrong exasperates Spurs fans.
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This unfortunately exasperates too much hypocrisy in the GOP and Sen. Ensign pushing their so-called "family/traditional values" onto to others for political purposes, while having their own indiscretions.
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