Her voice had a northern burr, which he normally found irritating.

She raised her eyebrows, a gesture Ethan found increasingly irritating.

He paused, then came out with the inevitable suggestion that she found so irritating.

It seemed to almost offer itself as a route, and Wingover found that irritating.

Perhaps it was just her cheerfulness that Margaret found irritating.

The captain took this information with a disappointed persistence I found irritating.

Tony stared at the guy, wondering what, exactly, he found so irritating about him.

It was not the words but the tone that I found somewhat irritating.

He seemed to read her with an ease that she found incredibly irritating.

She was also a very short person, which Eddie figured she probably found irritating.