bugging

Example Sentences

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As though rich people don’t know how to activate the block feature on their phones, and as though bugging them is the way to get them to do what you want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

I’m like, “I have a headphone in my ear and I’m really busy working. You’re kind of bugging me right now.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“What is bugging me is I think our voter rolls may be more accurate than this database,” Phillips said.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

In tears, she said it was "deeply hurtful" to read the statement of a private investigator who allegedly admitted, in her words to the court on Thursday, "bugging and listening to all my conversations."

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

That wasn’t at all what Genie was expecting him to say, and in that moment he was super happy Grandpop couldn’t see, because Genie’s eyes were bugging.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds