Example Sentences

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Her family says that suspicions had been dogging her for years, arising from jealousy of her prosperity.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2023

The lung problem, pulmonary emboli, had been dogging him for 20 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021

And I realized these two men were avatars through which I could get at these questions that had been dogging me.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2018

“I’ve never done this level of political activism before,” said Ms. Eiterich, who had been dogging Mr. Moran for months.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2017

Surely there she would find refuge from the man who had been dogging her steps ever since she landed at Portland Point.

From The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)