pester
verb (used with object)
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble.
are pestering
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present progressiveof pester.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The packs first targeted to be caught are those which are pestering schools and built up areas.
From Children's BBC ● Feb. 11, 2014
So he can't understand why the authorities are pestering him now, and why he has to pay so many bribes to keep his business afloat.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2012
He speaks of you as a sad young dog, but for all that is secretly proud of your skill at the bow and of the way you are pestering the Sheriff, whom he likes not.
From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
The sons of all the chief men among you are pestering my mother to marry them against her will.
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Samuel Butler
They all are pestering the carpenter for boards.
From Ted and the Telephone by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
