hassled

Example Sentences

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Despite his well-known opposition to the ballot measure, no one hassled him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Among Lexie Manion’s memories of her junior year of high school in New Jersey was the experience of being regularly hassled by a school nurse who was trying to weigh her.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2024

But he also said he was tired of the Paterson police, of being worried he was going to be arrested or hassled.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

As reporters, we were by then used to being hassled and heckled around the fringes of the demonstrations that had become part of Westminster's daily backdrop.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

“All the times me and Jasper hassled you, it was wrong, okay? Bogus and wrong.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen