pestering

Example Sentences

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In mitigation, the court heard Hamilton's messages were "pestering" but not "sexual, threatening or obscene".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The idea for Campus Guardian Angel came from Justin Marston, a British entrepreneur and Mithril co-founder, who saw videos of small Ukrainian drones pestering Russian soldiers with guns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

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

Tory and Balog were able to retrieve Stewie’s decomposing carcass after pestering We Care with calls and texts from different numbers and leaving several negative reviews online.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

I ignored him, fairly certain that there were no hordes of boys across town pestering their sister about whether Callie Vee liked them or not.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly