dun
verb (used with object)
to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
dunning
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present participleof dun.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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After the death of his former longtime lover Robert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Arthur learns that probate court is dunning him for years of back rent in Robert’s San Francisco home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
While she does not know that person’s motive, she has a strong objection to dunning co-workers to contribute to gifts — doubly so when the recipient is the boss.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2022
Again, Wray’s explanatory discretion is an advantage, letting him bypass the hysteria of inquiry, the dunning “Why?” that tends to dominate in cases of Western converts to Islam.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018
In February 2016, Wickizer received a letter from the state of Virginia saying that the medical center would be dunning money from any tax refund she might get.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2017
On admitting that he did, the further question was put, "And pray, sir, for what reason did you take up your residence in that place?"—"To avoid the rascally impertinence of dunning," came the ready answer.
From Law and Laughter by George A. (George Alexander) Morton
