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Grey wonders how many of Sato’s and Iwamoto’s papers would have been retracted if his group had not pestered the journals and their publishers.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

She asked those who’d been on Valentine for years, she asked all the new people, pestered the visitors who came to the farm to see if what they’d heard was true.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead