hounding

Example Sentences

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The year before, billionaire Bill Ackman was invited for a friendly Q&A after hounding Harvard’s president out of office, and grievance-fueled media entrepreneur Bari Weiss presented a rallying plug for her Substack.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

His creditors and vendors—such as cell-tower builders—are hounding him for repayment, and he should have to honor his debts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Hadwick argued that hounding bears would increase their fear of humans, which she said some are starting to lose: “We’re keeping them in the forest, where they belong.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Etzebeth continued to loom large over Van Poortvliet, hounding the Leicester nine and disrupting England's plans to exit their own territory.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

Some more of Darrell’s friends from the basketball team join us as we walk, and he gets too distracted to keep hounding me about it—but he might as well have kept teasing me.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender