has been badgering
- present perfect progressive of badger (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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For the last five years, my mother has been badgering me to attend the annual family vacation.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2020
He has been badgering Shashi to make this purchase so she can send pictures over the internet.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
The ’72 Dolphins, on the other hand, count among their roster a man — tight end Marv Fleming — who has been badgering the White House for years asking for a visit.
From Time ● Aug. 20, 2013
My SIL knows about my miscarriage and has been badgering me to lend her baby items and clothes because we're not using it at the moment.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2012
Theodora Whitney has been badgering Judith Stewart so much about bein' an old maid that Judith's got mad and vowed she'll marry the first man that asks her.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
