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  • The two thick rubber handgrips, slippery to the touch, were loose and twisted irri-tatingly beneath his hands, seeming to have no relation to the rest of the chair.

    She Closed Her Eyes 2010

  • Yakima iz akchully dezert, ecksept foar teh irri–eara–H2O frum teh storidje-playce.

    thermostat cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Pitrick clumped irri - tably across the room, thoroughly annoyed by the intru - sion.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

  • Bek found the small talk irri - tating and unnecessary.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • Tas wriggled and writhed, trying various kender tricks devel - oped through years of practice at escaping the long arm of irri - tated sheriffs and irate shopkeepers.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • The enemy was an irri - tant, keeping him from his goal.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • Then, shortly before twelve, when the car had become stiflingly hot under the sun, and just at the point when Mma Makutsi was becoming irri - tated by her uncle's constant note-taking, they saw Mma Badule emerge from behind the house and walk over to the garage.

    Tears Of The Giraffe Smith, Alexander McCall, 1948- 2000

  • Mbeere: muruba Orma: deka-dubra Rendille: mulahanyo, dook-gudhan Samburu: irri Somali: hashanli, dhamag, mured-bonati

    Chapter 7 1999

  • He looked irri-tated, and Clay Reynolds took his hand off the back of the chair in a hurry.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Furthermore, the use of poor quality underground water for irri - gation is expected to cause long term salination of lands and will severely affect crop yields within 5-12 years, depending on the drainage capacity of such lands.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

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