pester

Example Sentences

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As she waits for her fiancé, who is delayed by inclement weather, to arrive, her guests buzz around her like candy-colored flies, pestering her.

From New York Times

So next season I started pestering people months before.

From BBC

Tory and Balog were able to retrieve Stewie’s decomposing carcass after pestering We Care with calls and texts from different numbers and leaving several negative reviews online.

From Los Angeles Times

Federal agents said they became aware last summer that Medina was pestering Santos with text messages and videos claiming he could “get everything dropped, evidence that is on you removed.”

From Seattle Times

As we explored, I pestered Endro for the names of the trees we passed.

From National Geographic