pester
verb (used with object)
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble.
had been pestering
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past perfect progressiveof pester.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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Davide Ancelotti had been pestering his father, Carlo, to make one particular substitution.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
Defensive tackle Aaron Donald had been pestering Stafford during a walkthrough earlier in the day to move his thumb as confirmation there had been no serious injury.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
She went with one of her two teenage daughters, who had been pestering her for days to let her attend a protest.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2020
But my agent had been pestering me for 30, 40 years, and all I had done was three collections.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2016
The creditors now hired an attorney named George B. Chamberlin, counsel for Chicago’s Lafayette Collection Agency, who had been pestering Holmes ever since he failed to pay the furnace company for improving his kiln.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
