hector
Example Sentences
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He couldn’t simply hector away the constraints of a courtroom and the clear language of the law.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
I do not want to nag or hector.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2021
I’d hector you for appropriating my culture, but these pages are a safe space for sartorial experimentation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Even the pyramids in Egypt, impressive as they are, seem to hector us across the ages, with Ozymandian futility.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2020
“Paid subordinates! What! you are my paid subordinate, are you? Oh yes, I had forgotten the salary! Well then, on that mercenary ground, will you agree to let me hector a little?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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