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How to use nettled in a sentence

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Sentence Examples
Zimbabwe's ongoing political crisis again nettled Southern African leaders, who were wrapping up a two-day summit here yesterday.
Ray Bradbury, author of sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451, is nettled at Moore's twist on his classic title.
That sorta nettled him a bit, but then he suddenly noticed Bridget was there, seemingly on her own.
I am nettled by this, and, refusing his attentions walk off into the surf squaring my shoulders.
One remark of Don's, however, nettled me for its pre-emptive protecting of the poet.
It was probably your first time trying to act authoritative, since he nettled you so.
Studios are understandably nettled by deals like these because they enable stars in some cases to earn more than the studio.
O'Brian himself was always nettled by the inevitable comparison of his own works with CS Forester's Hornblower saga.
The weeds on either side had been cut during the last few days, otherwise I suspect my legs would have been badly nettled.
As irksome as they found RFE's balloon operations, the radio broadcasts nettled communist officials even more.
In conclusion, the inspector offered his resignation to the Board, being much nettled by an accusation of incompetence in the London papers.
I had to get into the hedge-back to take this and nettled my legs.
Soon enough, though, Karpovsky was nettled by the racket from a not-really-all-that-rackety roasting machine.
I understood that Zannah was upset, and she had her reasons, but the cause of the effect didn't lie in my hands, and the way she was acting nettled me.
Working as an activist outside India, one of the issues that nettled Bose, she says, was the painful question of identity that racks second-generation youth.
Perhaps it nettled me so much because it was so close to the truth.
This time it's none other than Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, the Paralympic gold medalist, and disability rights campaigner, who has nettled la Hopkins.
The mayor's recent actions have nettled some members of the community.
Examples from Classical Literature
Not once had he referred to the nester, and his silence had nettled Duncan.
But it nettled her that everybody should be so congratulatory, and nobody surprised.
This nettled Jim, who did not sympathize with his friend's extravagance at times.
It nettled him to be put on the defensive, his subtleness openly contemned.
You and Agnes only laughed when I miscolored them, but Mrs. Blodgett was really nettled.
His assumption that his absence had been noticed rather nettled his hearer.
Somewhat nettled she showed displeasure, charged him with the fickleness of satiation.
But the laughter nettled Geoff, and he was off like a firework in a winking.
No doubt from his point of view this notion was natural, but it nettled me.
And leaving the last one we're also nettled by the smirky expressions of two men exiting alongside us, but with full stomachs.
A question so unexpected, nettled Solomon Daisy not a little.
He was nettled and put out, for he was somewhat thin-skinned.
I was a little nettled at having been scared for a molehill.
Barton beamed broadly upon him, and was colossally gracious.Barton laughed with them, but he was vaguely nettled.
Perrin was nettled, for he prided himself on his colloquial style.
Being decidedly nettled herself, and longing to see him shake off the apathy that so altered him, Amy sharpened both tongue and pencil, and began.
He had been growing nettled before, but now he pulled himself together.
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