Example Sentences

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That group, one of the staff members said, had been peppering them with desperate requests.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022

Jennifer Collins, a geosciences professor at the University of South Florida who lives in the Tampa region, said her neighbors had been peppering her with questions about storm threats and whether to evacuate.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

Adam Langley, 44, a construction worker, said his 13-year-old daughter had been peppering him with questions, among them: “Is it true that it can stay in your body for years, and make you sick later?”

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2018

For the last 30 minutes Feherty had been peppering Knight with faintly impertinent questions about everything from his short game to the differences between golf and basketball.

From Golf Digest • Feb. 12, 2013

The calm air was stirring, and pellets of frozen snow that had been peppering the icy landscape were now blown wildly about.

From The Tarn of Eternity by Tymon, Frank