Examples of irksome in a Sentence
the irksome task of cleaning up
the irksome habit of leaving all the kitchen cabinet doors open
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This experiment could have gone wrong in any number of ways—by seeming contrived, by seeming disjointed, by imposing on its readers the irksome requirement of tracking which voice is saying what across two continents and the better part of a century.
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
For older generations who hold the country’s wealth, that’s irksome.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Democracy is a discipline, like diet and exercise, strenuous and irksome.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
What's irksome now could get patched, and what's already there is intriguing, especially for the price.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
For older generations who hold the country’s wealth, that’s irksome.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Democracy is a discipline, like diet and exercise, strenuous and irksome.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
What's irksome now could get patched, and what's already there is intriguing, especially for the price.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Irksome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irksome. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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irksome
adjective
irk·some
ˈərk-səm 
: annoying because of length or dullness
an irksome task
irksomely
adverb
irksomeness
noun
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