Example Sentences

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They don’t understand “important” and will pester me while on the phone.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2020

Rodriguez will pester the 2014 baseball season, like a fly buzzing above the barbecue.

From Time • Jan. 11, 2014

I assign work to the child with a note of finality, and I keep after him until he realizes that I will pester until the work is done.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within a day or two, the full-screen ads that pop up when you log on to AOL and the smaller ads in the bottom-right corner of the screen will pester you no more.

From Time Magazine Archive

I do not think They will pester me.

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard