How To Use Frustration In A Sentence

He vented his frustration a couple of games into the second set, missing a volley and then belting the ball into the crowd.
He looked up, anger and frustration still showing plainly on his expressive face.
A six-time Grammy nominee (talk about frustration), Elling has released six albums of audacious vocalese that trumpet his daring range and intellectualism.
He deliberately paused outside the door, forcing them to wait in frustration before they dared erupt into excited comment.
Doesn't that place restrictions on the "hards", creating frustrations for them? Low floor, high ceiling OR low floor, wide walls?

The buoyant mood of his audience was certainly out of kilter with the deep undercurrent of frustration evident elsewhere in Bournemouth this week.
The inundation at two spots on the Tangerang toll road this past week has been a major source of frustration.
She screamed into her pillow, releasing her frustration into the creamy white sheet.
His left leg was going into muscle spasms of some sort and he clutched at his knee with frustration.
I was practically screaming with frustration.
In frustration, she talked to a lawyer and settled out of court with her former employer.
James then raced onto a long ball over the top of the defence, chipped the goalkeeper but could only look on in frustration as the ball rebounded off the post.
Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.
But this light relief could not obliterate the all-pervading sense of crisis, disillusion and frustration in the country.
Watching the boy toss, turn and slip in and out of a light doze, Laras wondered if he wasn't somehow picking up on his father's tension and frustration in some subtle way.
People are put off volunteering, he suggests, because of the increasing fear of litigation and frustration with the associated red tape.
The predominant opinion voiced by Detroit's Arab population seems to be one of frustration.
Staff were ‘breaking down in tears of frustration’ as they were reduced to calculating cases on paper, MPs heard.
Milan: Operators reacted with frustration to a spate of new capital increase operations announced late last week.
Having an incompetent person in a ministry leads to frustration, failure, and hurt. Christianity Today
But at least for some, such employments usually result in frustration.
Last week the frustration was shared from the top deck of the bus to the foredeck of the luxury yacht. Our dependence on new technology has its scary side | Observer editorial
The man frowned again, and Garret fought the urge to scream and pull all his hair out in frustration.
The incoming House speaker presumptive has joined top GOP spokespeople in characterizing the election outcomes as a response to economic frustrations and a rebuke to Obama administration "monstrosities" like health care reform. Hans Johnson: Wave of Voter Anger Leaves Damage, Opportunities
I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I just couldn't I went from anger to frustration to fear to indifference.
Robert, the Casanova of the plains, was in a nicely stirred frenzy of desire and frustration.
They know the frustration, the anxiety, the helplessness and the embarrassment of being on the mound and throwing pitches nowhere near home plate, heaving some to the backstop.
Another mild frustration from the previous title resulted from random party requests. Destructoid
Jeez," says Bill, shaking his head in frustration, not understanding why Microsoft can't get it right. Culture Club
But this particular morning, my tears were salted with frustration and exhaustion as my body and soul crumpled, overwhelmed by the weight of empathy. Christianity Today
She, like Giulietta, is an observer and she suffers the same frustrations as the Renaissance woman.
He then had to watch in frustration as the leading four all bettered his time as the rain ceased just as suddenly as it had arrived. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile , I've never heard such universal frustration and disappointment with Bryant permeating the Laker organization.
Another local businessman expressed frustration. Times, Sunday Times
It also condemns Labour-minded people in the North to acute political frustration.
A conflict or a frustration is not necessarily pathogenic.
Helen's frustration with people who don't appreciate her could result in a marked reduction in her tolerance level.
I do understand the frustration with indisciplined schools though which of course hurts the most disadvantaged most. Whacko ?
These students tend to have poor tolerance for frustration and give up easily when tasks become difficult. 23.
Most agreed the experience had dented their confidence and morale, leaving lasting memories of isolation and frustration.
I could see his face, could see its changing passions, progenitive agony, frustration and delight. THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE
Only when he thought himself unobserved could one discern the underlying melarcholy and frustration.
Sick of wines that tasted of artificial flavours and chemicals, he confided his frustration to his wife.
A wave of despair washed over him, taking away all of his heated frustration.
These characters frequently bear expressions of mindless petulance, as if adult emotions of rage and frustration were seething beneath their all too kawaii surface.
A wise and witty piece by my colleague Barney Ronay in this slot on Saturday suggested that the key role of the modern Premier League manager is to rage impotently in his technical area, funnelling the frustrations and discontent of the supporters away from the owners. Alex McLeish's funnel vision is painful to watch | Martin Kelner
Ryan closed his eyes, fighting tears of frustration.
We ended up in a hotel room that night and let loose the pent-up frustrations of our marriages. The Sun
Politicians who objected to Mrs Thatcher and her radical conviction politics suffered the anguish of apparently unresolvable frustration.
Tired and discontented housewives found their vague sorrows and vaguer longings were only the result of their "unregenerate" state; the lazy country youths felt that the frustration of their small ambitions lay in their not being Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
The defining images of the tournament so far have been ones of American disappointment, frustration and sheer perplexity at the force of their rivals.
Despite that, the custom game experience of Demigod has remained an exercise in frustration.
I work out my sexual frustration by going to the utmost extreme in Icelandic purism. Languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.
In frustration, she talked to a lawyer and settled out of court with her former employer.
Their frustration may be about to boil over. Times, Sunday Times
I started to walk away from him while fighting my tears and frustration, telling myself to be strong.
Carlos' frustration was evident in his comments.
Voter frustration with spending and taxes may well stall the New Progressivism before it can even start to overcome that perception.
I give it a hefty kick in my utter frustration at not being able to unlock it.
Politicians who objected to Mrs Thatcher and her radical conviction politics suffered the anguish of apparently unresolvable frustration.
This demarcation is achieved, as we saw in our earlier discussion of Winnicott, through frustration.
There are very few frustrations as a grain grower -- other than the fact that the market hasn't been there this past year -- but we were very blessed by the Lord to have our crops sold when many others had to sit on their crops. Maria Rodale: Message From Montana
Some living with Morgellons become so discontented, they channel frustration toward the one person they can associate with the disease.
Ballots substitute for bullets in venting internal frustrations.
This frustration seems odd since Cor. kz connects to the CellarTracker database of over one million wine reviews. Scanners and wine don't make a good blend--yet | Dr Vino's wine blog
Dave thumped the table in frustration .
Like bloggers, "quarterlife" characters are in possession of a conflicted double-image: They are children and they are adults, and the latter half shakes its cradle-bars in frustration. Jeremy Axelrod: "quarterlife": Gen-Y Bloggers Shake The Cradle
But other parts of the book offer good recompense for the frustrations of the musical exegesis. The Times Literary Supplement
A mood of frustration and intense sadness seems to emanate from him -- of which only I am aware. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
Therefore, others frustrated, frustration, grief, should not gloat, but should be caring, understanding feelings.
Another proves to be an exceedingly balky milker, creating all sorts of frustrations. Ah, Wilderness
More than once he keeps matters from becoming too ponderous, especially during a recital of crimes his daughter committed, long and surreal and made deeply funny by his air of consternated frustration.
Life without sinuations and frustrations is life the flower in greenhouse, which can not stand the challenge from wind and rain , frost and snow ,and will srely die away in the end .
His eyebrows were knitted together in what looked like a hint of frustration.
Selling a property in this country can be a fraught business, full of fear and trepidation and attended by frustration and delay at every point.
That devil, born of isolation, he had seen so often destroy young men through exhaustion, frustration and despair.
It's a saying that makes women livid with frustration and anger at the unfairness of life, while men can remain smugly secure in their bald spot.
Although some questions have yet to be answered, enough groundwork is laid out to postpone any frustration that comes with not knowing. REVIEW: Godkiller: Walk Among Us (Episode #2) directed by Matt Pizzolo
What would be accepted as evidence if not disease, madness, misery, irrationality, frustration, criminality and sickness, that a tragic disparateness now exists between the needs of human beings and the imperatives of society. Rogue Of Gor
Moreover, the frustration of naval limitation did not bring with it an immediate turn to unlimited rearmament.
Do not let anxiousness or frustration take over.
These yummy mummies are consumed with frustration, boredom and uncertainty. Times, Sunday Times
he asked with soft wonder, all his anger, pain and frustration magically drained away.
She said yesterday that the idea grew out of frustration as she struggled to get press coverage for the campaign. Times, Sunday Times
Anger, frustration and hatred are as real and valid emotions as affection, protection or love. Mothers who Leave
Bolton boss Sam Allardyce could not hide his frustration at seeing his side squander a lead yet again.
Anger and frustration at the inanity of America's political culture underscore the best humour here.
The chair has to communicate the frustrations of the active trustees to the nonactive trustees in order to stimulate their participation in board activities.
They used meditation and yoga to fill the hours and to soothe frustration and anxiety. Times, Sunday Times
To add to the frustration, we are tantalisingly close to some blistering heat. Times, Sunday Times
All distress, annoyance, frustration, vexation and so on is a reaction to things perceived through the senses, usually of sight or hearing.
Cloud computing is not without frustration. Times, Sunday Times
He is inwardly and sometimes outwardly raging with bitterness and frustration. Times, Sunday Times
I imagined some guy in the back of a white van bobbing is gun around in frustration cursing those damn mormons and their matrix-like bullet dodging abilities. How the DC snipers hacked an ex-police car to make a killing machine - Boing Boing
A number of the dilemmas discussed above have raised the level of frustration of the scientists.
They go to some far trysting-place, some nest that is to be in willow or darkling fir, some place that their ancestors have known; and we are left with a memory of wings dividing the air and a sense of frustration. The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
The winner made one bad blunder six fences from home but that could be put down more to frustration than anything else.
Because you've voiced your frustration at the way the poor leadership of Tulsa's establishment has damaged our city's beauty, history, safety, and economic viability, you are disqualified for reasons of being a naysayer, a grump, a negativist, from voicing your opinion on city policy. BatesLine: November 2005 Archives
I screamed and tried to fight, crying in frustration while doctors frantically fussed around me, shouting noises that echoed through my head.
The biggest frustration for journalists at the magazine is their lack of access to the story.
Life frustration, is the rainbow after the storm; life is suffering, there is sunshine after rain the sky looks blue.
Use those moments of deep frustration and anger to give yourself a good old kick in the butt. Let that inner voice roar!
Danielle groans with frustration and sinks down into the welcoming pillows of her bed.
Heh, I finally finished typing my post so if you went to that link and saw nothin, well, sorry! was blabbing! done now! you may now behold the blab that is my frustration! The Other Side Of Anger | Her Bad Mother
In Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver, Robert DeNiro played Bickle as an older and more confrontational Caulfield, with a dangerously higher level of adolescent frustration.
The family is the rain, take irritable, leaving Qingliang; affection is the wind, blowing the sorrow, stay happy; the family is the sun, taking away the darkness, leaving the light. The family is the most great, no matter you are happy, frustration, pain, loss, it will gently on your way, quietly with your life.
Kiessling then pointed out his frustrations at unfulfilled commitments made by the studbook keeper at previous meetings. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
The atmosphere was cordial, but there was an air of frustration. Times, Sunday Times
How many parents imagine that beyond the frustrations of the teenage years there is some Nirvana without worry or unreason?
There were tears of frustration in her eyes.
Naturally, this disability is attended by irritations, inconveniences, and some significant professional frustrations.
She'd trapped a mouse behind it and was moaning in frustration at not being able to go in for the kill.
How you connect can make the difference between pleasure and frustration.
While few will have the chance to build a business of this size so quickly, many will share the frustrations of being let down by those thought of as loyal supporters.
She didn't just dutifully put pen to paper, she told stories, painted pictures and opened a window into the frustrations and rare joys of her own life.
He could not help but feel the slightest tinge of frustration.
These petty rules can lead to frustration and anger.
In a perfect illustration of the simultaneous hope and frustration that characterizes the issue of maternal mortality, Okonjo-Iweala explained that what drives her is the same issue that disheartens her: the knowledge that we currently possess the information necessary to eradicate the majority of maternal deaths, but the lack of resources and political will has prevented sustained, measurable improvements in maternal health in the world's poorest countries. Nandini Oomman: Women Deliver 2010: A Second Chance for the World to Deliver for Women
People often feel a sense of frustration that they are not being promoted quickly enough.
Just as Ashes cricket is a substitute for the war of independence that Australia has never actually fought, so too is football a venting of the latent aggression, frustration and inarticulate rage within the Australian psyche.
Please don't shout - there's no need to vent your frustration/anger/rage/spleen on me.
How sick is the society which produces such levels of anger, frustration and destructive energy?
Therefore, others frustrated, frustration, grief, should not gloat, but should be caring, understanding feelings.
They also can help students overcome barriers to success, frustration, and pain, helping them grow to greater self-sufficiency.
The umpires asked McCullum to hang around while they checked for the no-ball, but Tait was okay and so the dangerous McCullum is on his way, swishing his bat in frustration.3rd over: New Zealand 10-0 Guptill 0, B McCullum 8 Lee, 34 years young as David Brent would say, has started wonderfully here. Australia v New Zealand - live! | Rob Smyth
I understand the frustration felt by many litigants in family law proceedings.
Much to her surprise and frustration, the man seemed to be trying to suppress a chuckle.
Dinner passed with idle chit-chat and no outbreaks of frustration from either Tara or Gareth.
As if out of frustration, most local authorities even sold off public lavatories which are now operating as fee-paying facilities.
Answers a soapbox to vent your frustrations, rant, or otherwise violate the question and answer format.
Free from the shackles of relegation, there was the tantalising prospect of uncaged tigers released to feast and relieve their frustration on the home side.
She has to release her frustrations somewhere.
Drudgery, monotony, fatigue, mental frustration, physical discomfort - all are the same in either case.
Opening the shirt in front of hundreds, I watched his chest heave in frustration and his face redden in humiliation as he threw the shirt down. One Season
When he was substituted, the TV cameras even witnessed him kicking out at the dug-out in frustration.
The casualty lists fostered a mood of frustration and bitterness. Times, Sunday Times
We're trying to get this recovery going by plowing through the paperwork requirements, as fast as possible, so that we can reduce the frustrations here.
She nodded as a rush of embarrassment and frustration marked her face.
Then again, one pesky obstacle still stands in the way--that "overtaxed" island on the fringe of Europe, the U.K. In an interview with BBC radio Sunday, the head of News Corp. aired his frustrations about operating in Britain because business was "overregulated. U.K. Faces Of The Week, Jan.23-27, 2006U.K. Faces Of The Week, Jan. 23-27, 2006
We are angry because we are overly optimistic, insufficiently prepared for the frustrations endemic to existence. Times, Sunday Times
The union decided to vent its frustrations on the radio station's abolishing such institutions as the orchestra during a cost cutting exercise by blacking its music programmes for ten weeks in 1980.
Accounts of plantation life confirm that women gave their labor unwillingly and were a constant source of frustration to managers and overseers.
He stripped down to his drawers in measured motions that made her want to gnash her teeth with frustration, but when he finally shucked them, too, she caught her breath. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
AirTran later For many Muslim, Middle Eastern, and Arab Americans, this episode highlights the increasing frustration and discrimination experienced when "FWB": CounterPunch
Let us make sure that we do not direct our anger and frustration on to people who are only trying to help us.
Those words of my New Hampshire neighbor seem to mock my trivial but obstinate frustration.
In the end, the eurozone heavy hitters could not hide their frustration at the slow progress. Times, Sunday Times
The scope for anger and frustration is immense. Times, Sunday Times
Over a period of time this frustration can wear down the carers' understanding to the point where they seem to become unsympathetic. M.E. and You - a self-help plan
Having lost her trail, the man gave a grunt of frustration and kicked the curb.
Frustration at the narrow-minded ‘electoralism’ of the British political parties has produced a new form of militant abstentionism in the 2001 campaign which we haven't seen before.
There is concern that rising public frustration will increase instability. Times, Sunday Times
Every teenage fantasy, frustration and obsession is here as the naive youngsters exchange their drab existences for an alcohol-induced escapism.
The sense of punishing frustration is heightened by the pounding rain in the opening scene, mirrored later by the emergency fire sprinklers that soak Banek's law offices.
A combination of blind bends, and high speed frustrations has created a string of accident black spots.
Lack of discipline, inconsistent discipline and unreasonable discipline lead to emotional frustrations that cause or increase stammering. Stammering in Young Children
More often, however, the cause is simple frustration at being unable to adapt to the technical demands of the art.
I spoke about my frustrations, about not being able to read socialist and feminist books and magazines.
When the anticipation lapsed into frustration, he relaxed his muscles, the bedsprings creaking under him as he eased over onto his back. Sleepwalkers
Sighing audibly the young swordsman shook his head, in frustration and disgust at his own incompetence.
The necessary frustration of desirousness or concupiscence is the chief feature of the calcinatio stage. Boing Boing
Finally, Josh, a 17-year-old grocery bagger at a health food store in downtown Santa Cruz expressed his frustration about the job market.
Bird expressed particular frustration with Stephen Jackson 's on - court demeanor.
Do you find yourself irritable and cranky, taking out your anxiety and frustration on those you love?
Anna was almost crying with frustration.
Her threshold for anger and frustration was low and she had once slashed her wrist.
Life without sinuations and frustrations is life the flower in greenhouse, which can not stand the challenge from wind and rain , frost and snow ,and will srely die away in the end .
Then I felt guilty that I had shown my anger and frustration.
I glared into all four corners, hoping I would have a victim on which I could unload my mounting frustrations.
She cried out in pain and frustration, and remained where she lay.
Internet discussion groups at times appear to be founts of perspicacity and wisdom, at other times the ultimate refuge for sociopaths releasing years of pent-up frustration.
That'd be a fantastic game, all the frustrations of village cricket recreated.
But, even then, in that moment of seeming frustration, Durkin's subterranean yet terrible pertinaciousness, his unparaded bull-dog indefatigability, glowed and burned at its brightest. Phantom Wires A Novel
It is with utter frustration that I see such sports buildings hailed a success when clearly, from a sporting point of view, they cannot be.
Her eyes became pregnant with tears as all of the days frustrations collapsed into a final heap of emotions.
Life frustration, is the rainbow after the storm; life is suffering, there is sunshine after rain the sky looks blue.
I glowered at him with angry tears of frustration shining in my eyes before I dropped my gaze and crossed my arms again.
They've been micromanaging missionaries until they resign in frustration, firing missionaries who could not conscientiously support their bibliolatrous theology, and selling off/closing down the system of schools and hospitals in foreign lands that we created to earn a hearing for the gospel. Philocrites: Go and make Republicans of all nations.
It is sometimes hard for a hot-headed player to keep his frustrations in check in the heat of the moment.
To the initial frustration of some of the senders, he didn't open the packages.
Just getting through each day eas an ecercise in frustration and exhaustion.
Frustration is mounting among local skaters as facilities at Five Dock Park fall into disrepair and council promises to upgrade them go unfulfilled.
The inherent frustrations of assembly line work are also to be found in housework.
The family is the rain, take irritable, leaving Qingliang; affection is the wind, blowing the sorrow, stay happy; the family is the sun, taking away the darkness, leaving the light. The family is the most great, no matter you are happy, frustration, pain, loss, it will gently on your way, quietly with your life.
Rachel yelled in frustration, violently struggling to free herself from Todd's firm hold.
Often, persons with low frustration tolerance experience a strong impulse to escape from, or avoid frustrating situations.
It may be something as simple as an annoying niggle, or frustration with his own efforts, but whatever it is, England need to resolve it soon if they are to win this series - and to have any chance of defeating the Australians in the summer.
I was handed one ritualistic murder by French police and spent a year in total frustration as incompetence and unwillingness saw the investigation fold. The Sun
Perhaps learning an instrument would take his mind off his frustrations. The Sun
It also reveals the seething level of frustration and dissatisfaction among parents.
Adding to Burton's frustrations is that winning just one of those races this year would have gotten him into the May 22 All-Star race. Jeff Burton frustrated after another near-miss
She frowned and knitted her eyebrows in frustration.
This party knows the depth of my commitment to the peace process and shares my frustration at the lack of progress.
I am leant forwards over my knees, rocking in my chair, almost hysterical with frustration and despair. Times, Sunday Times
Here bitter frustration and hurt inspire, not great verse, but direct speech.
When differing versions of that line come into conflict, the result can be rancour, frustration, and political cynicism.
That causes congestion and frustration as cars squeeze past in a single lane. Times, Sunday Times
The pent-up frustration was evident. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the fundraising success, the project has since been characterised by frustration and overspending. Times, Sunday Times
Yes, everyone uses their hooters constantly - but not in frustration or anger, and only as a means of alerting other road users of their presence.

How To Use Frustration In A Sentence

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