pester

There’s a store chain called Five Below that is designed to maximize pester power.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Ham-handed police officers pester Janey for details: Why did she touch Samantha’s dress?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

It was to ensure he was comfortable with the task required to impress NFL teams that poke, prod and pester players during the evaluation process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

But every so often there’s one person who forgets to Venmo or Zelle or who I have to pester about sending their share a few times.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2024

“He’ll see me at supper, and then he’ll pester me all night!”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Her stress multiplies when an unknown stranger pesters her with secret air-dropped phone messages, anonymous texts that can only be sent within a 50-foot range.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

He described Mr Amro as an "anarchist who frequently pesters IDF soldiers in Hebron".

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2023

Now, she said, her family pesters her for festival tickets, and she is preparing to direct a new film to be shot in Saudi Arabia.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021

But every time she’s over, she destroys the house and pesters me constantly and teaches my kid bad habits.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2020

The head of the monastery, the prior, pesters Leonardo to hurry up already.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Dorfman pestered Larami’s owners until they finally agreed to consider it and asked him to make a prototype.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

As the days went on, the smell worsened, drawing swarms of flies and rats to the neighborhood, where they pestered and sickened locals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Surely only Williams pestered the woman about it afterwards.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

There is of course the danger that instead of being pestered for a smartphone, parents will find themselves being pestered for a piece of Barbie merchandise - which may be just as unwelcome.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2024

On the way home they pestered him again and again to tell the story, especially the look on the teacher’s face.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Worn down by pestering, our parents relented and allowed ginger ale at Sunday dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Become a real nuisance and tech boosters will eventually give up, handing the future back to the pestering, teeming masses.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

She added: "Your constant pestering, badgering and, eventually, attendance at their home address on a dark evening in December was unwarranted."

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

As she waits for her fiancé, who is delayed by inclement weather, to arrive, her guests buzz around her like candy-colored flies, pestering her.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

I became so used to her noise—chattering, whining, pestering, laughing, crying—that my ear went on hearing it even when it stopped.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli