How to Use pester in a Sentence

pester

verb
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  • The Impact pestered the Alliance most at the free-throw line.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The Jazz used him to pester James Harden in the 2018 Playoffs.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Baze said the suspect had pestered her daughter to go out with him for months.
    — Nick Valencia, CNN, 20 May 2018
  • In the top of the fourth, Florence pestered Evansville starter Hunter Ackerman (7-5) for four runs.
    — Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The flies and parasites are known to pester cattle in the region.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The Knicks run through Randle, and Capela's job is to defend, pester and rebound.
    — Tim Reynolds, Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • Even before the injury bug pestered him, Gomes struggled to find any sort of rhythm at the plate.
    — Zack Meisel, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
  • Caballero, dancing off the bag, then pestered Gil into a balk that tied the game at one.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2024
  • And for Luis, Julio is a whiny pain in the ass who just might pester him into getting his life back on track.
    — Time, 28 July 2023
  • My brother’s a big fan and keeps pestering me to join him.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
  • On the defensive end, Sochan’s game plan was to pester Doncic.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Jan. 2023
  • If anything, the feature above might give scammers a whole new way to pester iPhone users.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 28 Jan. 2022
  • When pestered about the future of the band — and whether she’s fatigued by the constant questions about the group — Howard is gracious.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 May 2024
  • It’s people who figure out the best way to get kids to pester their parents at the grocery store.
    — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The Womacks pestered their Realtor to stay on the selling agent.
    — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Al Samawi had pestered someone into giving him the phone number of the captain of the ship.
    — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2018
  • Against the bigger and deeper Red Storm, the Foresters pestered on defense and made enough big shots to lead for much of the first three quarters.
    — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Smith seemed to go out of his way to pester Chase, which was something that didn’t go unnoticed.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
  • With each step of the pre-game process, Dan allowed me to pester him with questions and walked me through his game-day routine.
    — Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2017
  • Every weekend, Huang would call Mills and pester her to do homework with him.
    — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Yet those pranks were primarily to pester, not to harm.
    — Josh Lederman, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
  • There's no Fifth Amendment right not to be pestered for paperwork.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 5 Mar. 2018
  • When Izzo put Carr on him, the freshman’s quickness started to pester Rodgers.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Back in the spring, Kelly was pestered with questions about his new quarterback.
    — Laken Litman, Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Buzz60 Are friends or family pestering you to get off your beach chair and go in the water?
    — Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
  • God has two choices: Win and be pestered for all eternity for a rematch.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • There are still a few spirits around to pester Hokti, but that’s played for comic relief.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Perez would barrel onto the field, pester a teammate or two and scurry back to safety.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Now, he's already pestered Fishback about getting in the weight room, since he's been cleared to pump a reasonable amount of iron.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Virginia double teams post players and then cuts off drives to the lane, scrambling around the perimeter to pester shooters.
    — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 30 Jan. 2018

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