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 been badgering
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past perfect progressiveof badger.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Mr Staunton also claimed Mr Read had tried to resign four times during his time as chair of the Post Office, between December 2022 and January 2024, and had been "badgering over his salary".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
For weeks Mr. Dauer had been badgering Mr. Moonves to come to his 75th birthday party.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2018
"Resign!" exclaimed the director who had been badgering him.
From Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
What would those miserable devils say now, that had been badgering him with lawyers' letters?
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille
