pestering

Example Sentences

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The idea for Campus Guardian Angel came from Justin Marston, a British entrepreneur and Mithril co-founder, who saw videos of small Ukrainian drones pestering Russian soldiers with guns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

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 • May 30, 2024

So next season I started pestering people months before.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2024

The pestering sparked the Bruins’ 11-0 run that Cal broke thanks to some luck.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2024

Most of the people in my group got it at some time or other, because mosquitoes carry it and they were always pestering us.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau