hounded

Example Sentences

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The Old Firm are playing catch-up while being hounded from below.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Stokes, whose side has been hounded by the media in Australia and come under enormous pressure back home, added that there was no room for complacency and it had been made clear to the players.

From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026

Soon the fraying American regiments were being hounded south by west through New Jersey, and by Christmas Day King George’s troops had driven them across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He’ll leave that to the journalists, who have hounded Pelosi for months to announce whether she will seek another term, a question she has declined to directly answer.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

A Paravan with a pair of two-egg twins, hounded by history—he knew there weren’t many places for him to hide.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy