verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
irritate your skin (= make it red or sore )
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Some types of make-up can irritate your skin.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
people
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It irritates me when people give me phoney information.
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That starting point will already have irritated two kinds of people .
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For one thing, she was grateful that she was no longer the only inconvenient, disabled person irritating a crowd of people .
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The writer's po-faced style occasionally irritates: do people really need reminding that cases of bubonic plague should be treated immediately?
skin
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The discharges irritate and make the skin sore; salivation may be profuse; the breath offensive.
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It's fresh, pleasant to use, doesn't irritate skin and keeps me fresh all day.
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The cleansing bar uses no animal fats or chemicals which can irritate the skin .
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Don't pull strips straight up or you may irritate skin and break off hair.
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I've tried loads of different mousses but most of them irritate my skin .
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Washing-up can lead to dry hands but cleansing fluids, sprays and polishes can also irritate dry, sensitive skin .
■ VERB
become
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People are familiar with them and can become confused and irritated when they change.
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More and more, I had become irritated by the friendly presence of the old people at the table.
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When this happens the esophagus becomes irritated and inflamed, causing a burning sensation that has the potential to awaken a sleeper.
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At last one of them, an evil-tempered man, became irritated and gave him a blow.
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Diapered skin can become irritated for a variety of reasons.
get
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And some girl are so spoiled they get irritated if they serve the same dessert for lunch and dinner.
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Perhaps I just got irritated from trying to make all the bits fit together and find the thread through the labyrinth.
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So, every time I am offered assistance, I get irritated .
seem
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Raoul seemed irritated that there were problems with his youngest child.
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He both nodded and shrugged, which seemed to irritate her.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After a while, the loud ticking of the clock began to irritate me.
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I don't want to listen to muzak in stores - it irritates me.
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Jean Paul's attempts to apologize just irritated me even more.
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Nineteen percent of women will still use a beauty product, even if it irritates their skin.
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Perfumes in soap can irritate skin.
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That silly smile of hers always irritated me.
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The pollen irritated my eyes, which were red and streaming with tears.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyway, I'd been very busy the day before and Doreen had irritated me for other reasons.
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It irritates me when people give me phoney information.
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That this objective has not been achieved continues to irritate Dublin.
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The influx of refugees irritated the residents of Pusan.