The jackets had to go back to the sweatshop, making for an unnecessary and annoying delay.

During an annoying delay for data transfer, the disk sings, "Are you waiting?

Having briefly explained who she was and the annoying delay on the phone line, Anna told her about the drugging of the water.

There was a final annoying delay.

Travelers all across the country are enduring crowded flights, annoying delays, lost luggage and puny bags of peanuts.

Ms. Hook rejected the conventional wisdom that broadband service is primarily the same as slower, dial-up service, without all the annoying delays.

The machines responded slowly, with annoying delays of a second or longer - an eternity in the fast-moving pits.

Because this happens so frequently, the stations generally reopen after about 10 or 15 minutes, and passengers regard the delays as annoying, but inevitable.

The tossing and delay as the ferrymen struggled against the current seemed but one more annoying delay.

But the annoying delay could grow worse if, as is now threatened, his confirmation is tied to that of a number of controversial judicial nominations.