Example Sentences

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They said there were too many policemen in court for a "relaxed" atmosphere�and FBI agents had been "persecuting" the accused.

From Time Magazine Archive

If it should turn out so! if it should become apparent that he, for private prejudices of his own, had been persecuting his brother!

From The Perpetual Curate by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

He was killed in a duel with Baron George Hekkeren-Dantes, who had been persecuting his wife with unwelcome attentions, in January, 1837.

From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

It was known that Daubrecq had been persecuting her with his attentions for some days; but nothing more was known.

From The Crystal Stopper by Leblanc, Maurice

The scoundrel; he had been persecuting her with his addresses.

From Blind Policy by Fenn, George Manville