pestered

Example Sentences

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He pestered his parents and friends about the risks of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Surely only Williams pestered the woman about it afterwards.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

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

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

Grey wonders how many of Sato’s and Iwamoto’s papers would have been retracted if his group had not pestered the journals and their publishers.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024

Back he went, right up into their faces, where he pestered them with yelling bays and false rushes till they couldn’t stand it.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson