are badgering
- present progressive of badger.
Example Sentences
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To make matters worse, Hollywood agents and producers - as well as Eve’s mother - are badgering her to consent to a movie or TV series based on her life.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 7, 2021
Although Welles had not yet cast Huston, he wished to film a scene in which cinéastes are badgering Hannaford.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2018
I’m so sorry your mother and mother-in-law, who presumably know you’re getting divorced due to your ex’s infidelity, are badgering you about thank-you cards.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2018
Instead, they can only assume reporters are badgering him to address hate crimes in order to show him up.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2017
In at least half a dozen states, parochial-school lobbies are badgering their state legislatures for some kind of immediate help.
From Time Magazine Archive
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