pestered; pestering
ˈpe-st(ə-)riŋ 
Examples of pester in a Sentence
Leave me alone! Stop pestering me!
one resident pestered the condo board about every little thing
Recent Examples on the Web
Reporters looking for skeletons in Truman’s political closet were pestering his neighbors.
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
Theo has been pestering their doctor about when they’ll be allowed to go swimming again.
—Oliver Haug, Them, 2 Aug. 2024
Mays hadn’t registered to vote yet, despite the fact that his grandmother, who was worried about what the Republicans would do to Social Security, had been pestering him to do so.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024
For the past few months, North Korea has been pestering its southern neighbor with seemingly sporadic swarms of balloons ferrying trash.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
Theo has been pestering their doctor about when they’ll be allowed to go swimming again.
—Oliver Haug, Them, 2 Aug. 2024
Mays hadn’t registered to vote yet, despite the fact that his grandmother, who was worried about what the Republicans would do to Social Security, had been pestering him to do so.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024
For the past few months, North Korea has been pestering its southern neighbor with seemingly sporadic swarms of balloons ferrying trash.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for pester
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“Pester.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pester. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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