hector
Example Sentences
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But Mr. Biden should strive to persuade rather than to hector.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2021
I do not want to nag or hector.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2021
I’d hector you for appropriating my culture, but these pages are a safe space for sartorial experimentation.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2021
We can spend the next year trying to hector independents out of the race.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2019
P-49 continued to hector me the rest of the day.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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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