hector
Example Sentences
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He couldn’t simply hector away the constraints of a courtroom and the clear language of the law.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
But the plays don’t hector or propound moral lessons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
I do not want to nag or hector.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2021
Even the pyramids in Egypt, impressive as they are, seem to hector us across the ages, with Ozymandian futility.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2020
Beneath the tight-trimmed beard his heavy jaw clenched hard, yet he did not hector her about titles.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing hector
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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The Boys in the Boat
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Bartleby the Scrivener
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