Example Sentences

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In mitigation, the court heard Hamilton's messages were "pestering" but not "sexual, threatening or obscene".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

For a while, the Bears hung around and were pestering the heavily favored Seahawks.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2015

There was a young guy who arrived from Korea, saying he just wanted to get away from his parents, who were pestering him to get married.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2015

A director of the Ordnance Survey complained of the "swarms of idle holiday visitors" who were pestering surveyors for the locations of the most picturesque parts to visit.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2014

I heard Daisy going on out here like the devil before day—or was it you two who were pestering her?

From Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island by Stuart, Gordon