Example Sentences

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“This is a fine slap in the chops for the bloody press which has been persecuting her for so long,” he thunders, going on at great length to dissect all aspects of the tangle.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2020

"And yet you know the kind of man he is and that he has been persecuting me in this fashion?"

From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)

He has been fighting with a man named North, who was a corporal in his troop, and who, as I hear, has been persecuting him a good deal.

From The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition by Nash, Joseph

“He has been persecuting her in some way, I’m sure, and I won’t have her persecuted,” concluded the warm-hearted little woman.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

She has been persecuting me now for years in all parts of London.

From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)