badger
noun
any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
have badgered
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present perfectof badger.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since the school year ended last month, Mila, 6, and Sloane, 7, have badgered Truitt with the same question: When can we go back to the library?
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2021
So many people have badgered him for the answer, says Roberts, that he decided to write this autobiography.
From Time Magazine Archive
Agents salivating for Koresh's own story have badgered his ! former attorney, Gary Coker, for help.
From Time Magazine Archive
If she had not more energy, more zest than most rich women Eleanor Medill Patterson, daughter of Chicago's potent newsfamily, would never have badgered William Randolph Hearst into letting her edit his Washington Herald.
From Time Magazine Archive
She might have badgered the heir of Ballawhaine, but she never did so.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
