frustration

Definition:
1. The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals.
2. An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
3. A feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized.

Use 'frustration' in a sentence:

• 1. He marched off, seething with frustration.
• 2. The other great frustration is that it has not eliminated insecurity.
• 3. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter of frustration or a joke.
• 4. I shared my frustration with Mr. Greg, who invited me to observe one of his　classes.
• 5. Explain your frustrations calmly and sensibly — see it as an opportunity to clear up any difficulties you may have with this person ．
• 6. It's a real whodunit and the frustration when you realise what's going on is horribly enjoyable ．
• 7. After letting go of his anger and frustration, he found himself on a road to sympathy instead.
• 8. Although a facepalm is usually used to express frustration in common sense, judgement, or logical behaviour.
• 9. Like most working people, I find time or the lack of it, are never ending frustration and an unwinable battle.
• 10. There were moments of frustration of course: often she would be the last swimmer in the race.
• 11. Her words made his heart burn with frustration.
• 12. We help kids understand the homework so they feel better prepared to finish the work at home, explaining the instructions of each exercise and changing homework frustration into a welcome challenge.
• 13. She telephoned her best friend to vent her frustration.
• 14. I was living in so much frustration that that was my escape, to go to school, and get ahead and do better.
• 15. For many particle physicists, however, it was a year of frustration.
• 16. I was close to tears with frustration, but I held back.
• 17. His response is one of anger and frustration.
• 18. Sitting at home would only have had him climbing the walls with frustration.
• 19. She couldn't stand the frustration of not being able to help.
• 20. He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration.
• 21. They return to the Old World still flapping their arms in frustration.
• 22. I was living in so much frustration that was may escape,to go to school ,and get ahead and do better.
• 23. An official career is full of frustrations.
• 24. It was a time fraught with difficulties and frustration.
• 25. I understand Reding's reluctance — and her frustration.
• 26. She went for a brisk walk to work off her frustration.
• 27. Like most working people, I find time or the lack of it, are never-ending frustration and an unwinnable battle.
• 28. Another possibility is to improve the playground environment, so that pupils are less likely to be led into bullying from boredom or frustration.
• 29. I nearly went bonkers with frustration.
• 30. He had to fight back tears of frustration.
• 31. She tended to take her frustrations out on her family.
• 32. Inevitably she took out her frustrations on the children.
• 33. In the story of the Swifter, he argues, we have the key elements in producing breakthrough ideas: frustration, moments of insight and sheer hard work.
• 34. Cleaning my kitchen really works off frustration if I've had a fight with someone.
• 35. Premature retirement even with a golden handshake can well lead to extensive frustration and waste of scarce human resources.
• 36. His frustration manifested itself in crying.
• 37. Their frustration and anger will manifest itself in crying and screaming.
• 38. The predominant opinion voiced by Detroit's Arab population seems to be one of frustration.
• 39. Here he notes, with some frustration, people disagree.
• 40. Among most bitter stories in The Great Divide were those that portrayed the frustrations of the young, who long to enter our shrinking middle class.
• 41. Every job has its difficulties and frustrations.
• 42. Most of us may sometimes feel the frustration of having old memories interfere with new, relevant memories.
• 43. The toxic substances that fear, anger, frustration and stress produce not only kill guinea pigs but kill us off in a similar manner.
• 44. Etzioni expressed his frustration about the interests of his graduate students.
• 45. Sometimes frustration and anger can boil over into direct and violent action.
• 46. And most of us may sometimes feel the frustration of having old memories interfere with new, relevant memories.
• 47. He cried with anger and frustration.
• 48. Dave thumped the table in frustration.
• 49. With a gesture of frustration, she swept the cards from the table.
• 50. Frustration, anger and desperation have led to a series of wildcat strikes.