hector
Example Sentences
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I do not want to nag or hector.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2021
We can spend the next year trying to hector independents out of the race.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2019
There’s little need to stand on a soapbox and hector audiences about the play’s relevance.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2018
Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2017
P-49 continued to hector me the rest of the day.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing hector
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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The Boys in the Boat
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Bartleby the Scrivener
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