She delayed agreeing to his suggestions and changes and thereby caused considerable vexation both to Dickens and to his sub-editor. |
It sort of simmers and bubbles and from time to time erupts into a lava-like spasm of vexation, pique and peevishness. |
And such challenges may be used as an instrument of delay or vexation at every assize throughout the kingdom. |
He would promptly quit in vexation and would take incredible cajoling and persuasion to try again. |
The cumulative effect is not a developing argument but a gut sense of Sebald's inconsolable vexation. |
He's gone back to staring at me, this time with far more vexation and hostility. |