Example Sentences

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Creditors were badgering them; they were about to lose their house.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2022

"Did she lie that you were badgering her or pestering her?"

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021

When two newspapers offered copies of the Talmud to subscribers at 25% discount, they were flooded with orders from parents whose children were badgering them for a copy of the Jewish Bible.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It was only the other day that you were badgering me with being cool to her.”

From Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir by Garvice, Charles

It could not have been worse for you—and I suppose it was of you that he was thinking most while those infernal lawyers were badgering him in court.

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph