How to Use frustrating in a Sentence

frustrating

adjective
  • All these delays have been very frustrating.
  • Cat urine is one of the more frustrating ones.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 May 2026
  • One of these frustrating backs could have a good day.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Just a frustrating night for sure for me.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This is frustrating for you and us.
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But that doesn't make the past five weeks any less frustrating.
    — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But the way the team has lost games on the road has been frustrating.
    — Xoel Cardenas, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Apr. 2022
  • To get a no-call at the rim is frustrating in front of our bench.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Nov. 2022
  • But progress isn’t a straight line, as frustrating as that is.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Sleep felt a bit less frustrating.
    — Rita Templeton, Flow Space, 30 Mar. 2026
  • As a curly girl, there are a lot of times when my hair is frustrating to me.
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 16 Dec. 2022
  • At the time, this was frustrating.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Frizzy hair can be frustrating, but there are a bunch of ways to tame the frizz.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 12 May 2023
  • That’s frustrating for fans to watch.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2026
  • And that’s the frustrating part, too.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • That’s what makes this so frustrating.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • That said, Pérez has had a frustrating run of late.
    — ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • More frustrating still is when the shoe is on the other foot.
    — Bruce Tulgan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This could be just one frustrating loss to start the season.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Germany had two goals waved off in a frustrating first half.
    — ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • This frustrating time of day can nearly bring me to tears on some nights.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Votto has had just as frustrating and just as rare of a stretch at the plate.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • For home sellers, the past six months or so have been frustrating.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The process has been frustrating.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • What happened and how frustrating was that one to lose?
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That’s what’s frustrating to me.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing is as frustrating as a pair of pruners that stick and don’t move freely.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That’s been the most frustrating thing the last month, struggling with that.
    — cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • There was no reason, and that was frustrating.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • This had been the toughest hunt of my life, and up to this point, one of the most frustrating.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025

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