1 He was nettled by her manner.

2 She was nettled by Holman's remark.

3 A joke nettled him.

4 She looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption.

5 My remarks clearly nettled her.

6 The topic of a Midwestern identity has nettled writers for decades.

7 I was rather nettled by his rude questions.

8 Her rude remarks about my clothes rather nettled me.

9 Eustacia was nettled by her own contrivances.

10 I was rather nettled by his rudeness.

11 She looked nettled by my remarks.

12 I was nettled by her persistency.

13 It was clear that my remarks nettled her.

14 He had been growing nettled before,[] but now he pulled himself together.

15 There was something in the last hint that nettled Jeanie's honest pride.

16 It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.

17 Who would have thought such a business matter could have nettled my own heart like this!

18 'I know, I know,'rejoined Mr. Carton , carelessly.'Don't be nettled, Mr. Lorry.