The residence in country towns has always appeared to me very irksome.

It is very irksome, I know, but you must do it.

This enforced waiting at St. Louis was very irksome to Philip.

The smell got into her nose and throat and it became very irksome, unbearable.

This process was very irksome, for the boy wanted to go his own gait.

But the disguise must be very irksome to a man who can really do things.

This, however, soon proved very irksome, and as nothing further happened, the watch was discontinued.

I began to feel my position very irksome, not to say painful, on this account.

But again let me say that you must not offer to read it if very irksome.

She finds lying up so much very irksome.

I am a pretty bad fellow at bottom, and I find the pretence of virtues very irksome.

To live with an old father, an invalid, half crazy, must be very irksome at your age.

This social etiquette was very irksome to my little firefly, who seemed always opening and shutting her wings.

It then grew very irksome to him to bear his irons, and he rarely went out to walk.

His situation was very irksome.

He was a tall, gaunt man with an air about him that showed that he found illness very irksome.