"Like wood and would," she said, showing off her vocabulary in the annoying way girls had.

Fang didn't say anything, in that annoying way of his.

Boy, after all this trying to act human, you sure found an annoying way to actually do it.

Batteries have an annoying way of dying just when they are needed most.

And, for Bonds, that was an annoying way to spend a week at home.

It was a most annoying way to read the election updates which were very long but essential reading.

She took after her mother in certain annoying ways.

Nevertheless, the effects of his relatively late start still surface in annoying ways.

My agent hit on me in an aggressive, annoying way.

In an annoying way, they represent a sign of progress: Two years ago there were none.