Example Sentences

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Costco raised its fees in 2024 — the first such increase in seven years — after months of badgering from Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

After successfully badgering his dad to take him to a local club to play on full-size tables at the age of eight, the young Hunter made the leap from table top snooker with aplomb.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

And then there are the bit players they run into throughout who, in Mr. Panahi’s acidic vision of a desperate society, tend to end interactions by badgering for a tip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

“The jury sees this, and it ends up risking looking like you’re just badgering this woman,” Haberman said.

From Salon • May 10, 2024

After a few weeks of what she called "endless pestering" and what I called "repeated badgering," my mother bought me a pocket thesaurus, which provided me with s-free alternatives to just about everything.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris