harassed
Example Sentences
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As the newly elected mayor of Anaheim in 1978, he angered the city’s Police Department by suggesting the creation of a citizens oversight commission after residents complained that officers regularly harassed and beat them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Employees are regularly harassed by customers, the 66-year-old said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Mills told reporters Tuesday he has never sexually harassed his staff, that he’s not under indictment, and that “it was essentially just something where it was a bad breakup.”
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
One of Hong Kong’s last independent bookstores, it has been harassed by the government for years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
At length, with a red light in his favor, the harassed man swung around in his seat and looked up at me, just behind him.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
