harassed
Example Sentences
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In another pending case about police sweeps of cellphone location data, lawyers debated whether warrants requiring Google to share information were akin to how British customs officers harassed colonists before the American Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"People can't do their daily jobs, school children at school are being harassed," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Employees are regularly harassed by customers, the 66-year-old said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
So I was trapped in the ER, waiting, harassed by Tyler’s constant apologies and promises to make it up to me.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
