- present participle of bug.
bugging
Example Sentences
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“Everybody’s been bugging me. They’re saying, ‘Would you do me a favor?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Everybody’s been bugging me about this one thing: ‘Would you do me a favor?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“What is bugging me is I think our voter rolls may be more accurate than this database,” Phillips said.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026
A spokesperson for ANL has previously said it had "denied under oath that its journalists had commissioned or obtained information derived from phone hacking, phone tapping, bugging, computer or email hacking or burglary to order".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
I kept bugging my aunt Helen, which she loved.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
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