pester

Example Sentences

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Ham-handed police officers pester Janey for details: Why did she touch Samantha’s dress?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

It’s also inadequately resourced, thanks to a management that refuses to pay nurses a decent wage and, instead, sends its top representative to pester Robby about raising satisfaction scores.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025

It was to ensure he was comfortable with the task required to impress NFL teams that poke, prod and pester players during the evaluation process.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

But eventually a friend encouraged her to "pester" her GP for a scan.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

How it turned out—the only bad feature is, everybody comes in here, they pester her with questions.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote