1.   Gough plays a scornful journalist whose coverage of the serial case represents a constant irritation to the law.

2.   Whatever doubts Testaverde harbored were exacerbated by the constant irritation at the mention of his age.

3.   Like the man whose temper creates constant irritation in his home, he blames his wife for being edgy.

4.   Sufferers run an increased risk of esophageal cancer, presumably because of the constant irritation.