Examples of pesky in a Sentence
I've been trying to get rid of this pesky cold for weeks.
the pesky problem of what to do with all the leftovers
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For much of Demary’s 22 minutes, he was joined on the court by his backup, Malachi Smith, giving the Huskies two ballhandlers and facilitators, and two pesky defenders.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
The Celtics weren’t able to create any distance from their pesky hosts until Brown hit a pair of 3-pointers late in the half — one off a nifty underhanded pass from Neemias Queta, the other set up by a Scheierman offensive rebound.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Shortly after Garnet Hathaway knocked down Sharks center and leading scorer Macklin Celebrini with a hard but clean check to the left of the Sharks’ net early in the third period, Ferraro went after the pesky Philadelphia Flyers winger, taking him to the ice in a brief altercation in a tie game.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
One way that the duo was able to eke even more performance out of the One was to ignore the UCI’s pesky rulebook.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
The Celtics weren’t able to create any distance from their pesky hosts until Brown hit a pair of 3-pointers late in the half — one off a nifty underhanded pass from Neemias Queta, the other set up by a Scheierman offensive rebound.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Shortly after Garnet Hathaway knocked down Sharks center and leading scorer Macklin Celebrini with a hard but clean check to the left of the Sharks’ net early in the third period, Ferraro went after the pesky Philadelphia Flyers winger, taking him to the ice in a brief altercation in a tie game.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
One way that the duo was able to eke even more performance out of the One was to ignore the UCI’s pesky rulebook.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Pesky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pesky. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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