Examples of vex in a Sentence
This problem has vexed researchers for years.
We were vexed by the delay.
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The decision has vexed supporters of the program and of journalism in general, who charge Paramount executives risk tarnishing a media brand that has long sought to hold power to account and to probe events with an independent lens.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 July 2025
Newer quirks have vexed Jeffrey Meli, now a clinical professor of finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business, who left the banking group Barclays after twenty years to study how reforms have distributed risk across the financial system.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The technique, known as SIM swapping or port-out fraud, has been a scourge that has vexed wireless carriers and their millions of subscribers for years.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
In previous years, there was one thing that vexed many potential buyers in the market for a new car: the Commander control function for its infotainment system.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 July 2025
Newer quirks have vexed Jeffrey Meli, now a clinical professor of finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business, who left the banking group Barclays after twenty years to study how reforms have distributed risk across the financial system.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The technique, known as SIM swapping or port-out fraud, has been a scourge that has vexed wireless carriers and their millions of subscribers for years.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
In previous years, there was one thing that vexed many potential buyers in the market for a new car: the Commander control function for its infotainment system.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
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“Vex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vex. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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vex
verb
vexed also vext; vexing
1
: to bring trouble, distress, or worry to
vexed by thoughts of what could have been
2
: to annoy continually with little irritations
vexed by the children
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