pestering
Example Sentences
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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
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
Davide Ancelotti had been pestering his father, Carlo, to make one particular substitution.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
Marshall wanted Security back, and Melanie wanted Marshall to quit, pestering her and be himself again.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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