Example Sentences

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He added: "I should have pestered them to be honest, and I see that now."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Online commenters have pestered comedian and "Nailed It!" host Nicole Byer, asking if she's lost weight.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2021

She must have pestered him relentlessly, because Roland Holst wrote to a friend, “Mrs. van Gogh is a charming woman, but it irritates me when someone fanatically raves about something they don’t understand.”

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2021

But while the Blazers have pestered him during regular season games, most fans remember the 2000 conference finals.

From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2016

Madre de Dios! all the women of the Presidio and the Mission have pestered him.

From Rezanov by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn