badger
noun
any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
had badgered
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past perfectof badger.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Kelly, who works as an overnight stocker, claims in his lawsuit that Bing was his supervisor and had badgered him since the start of his employment at the Walmart in August 2022.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
He claimed the News Corp titan had badgered him at a dinner in February 1997 to rethink his direction on Europe.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
He quickly joined the Sounders’ marching band, Sound Wave, and had badgered the Kraken since 2020 hoping to become their organist.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
Turner, a friend of Freeman’s who for years had badgered him during games about coming to LA, said he sporadically texted Freeman over the winter about “how good he would look in Dodger blue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
The following morning, the Plain Dealer would publish a story mentioning Ed Lim’s “aggressive” tactics, how he had badgered poor Mrs. McCullough to the point of tears.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
