pester
verb (used with object)
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble.
is pestering
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present progressiveof pester (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Not: You don’t mention the content of the contact this person is pestering you with.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
If Alice’s sleep is disturbed because Max is pestering her, she is welcome to get up and move to the other bedroom.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2020
My mom is pestering me already about letting their future grandchildren stay with them so that we can still have time as a couple and go on vacations, etc.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2018
Now Jim, who is broke and ailing, is pestering Gerry to persuade Rosie to allow him to join the family for Christmas dinner.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2012
While every one is pestering us with new principles of all sorts, how is it overlooked that stability is also a principle of government?
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
