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
Meanwhile, the ewe who gave birth to her won’t go away or stop pestering these human usurpers.
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Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024
Pope, the bank president, received twenty thousand dollars in royalties—about fifteen per cent of his investment—and only after pestering May for it.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
People in medical debt are often pestered by collectors and forced into even more debt to pay their bills and cut their spending on necessities such as food and rent.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 2 May 2024
But on cross-examination, prosecutors introduced 20 pages of text messages to devastating effect, portraying an unresponsive father who had other priorities, was not always interested in seeing her and pestered her about errands in the middle of the night.
—Matt Viser, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
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Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024
Pope, the bank president, received twenty thousand dollars in royalties—about fifteen per cent of his investment—and only after pestering May for it.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
People in medical debt are often pestered by collectors and forced into even more debt to pay their bills and cut their spending on necessities such as food and rent.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 2 May 2024
But on cross-examination, prosecutors introduced 20 pages of text messages to devastating effect, portraying an unresponsive father who had other priorities, was not always interested in seeing her and pestered her about errands in the middle of the night.
—Matt Viser, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
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“Pester.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pester. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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