badgering

Example Sentences

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Costco raised its fees in 2024 — the first such increase in seven years — after months of badgering from Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Those of ancient lineage may be thinking of the infamous LBJ phone call badgering the head of ABC to get college-football broadcasts for Lady Bird’s TV station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

During the trial, throughout which Heard was subject to badgering online, Heard expressed her desire to forgo the “torture” of the ongoing litigation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

“The jury sees this, and it ends up risking looking like you’re just badgering this woman,” Haberman said.

From Salon • May 10, 2024

After a few weeks of what she called "endless pestering" and what I called "repeated badgering," my mother bought me a pocket thesaurus, which provided me with s-free alternatives to just about everything.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris