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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Costs required town leaders to pare down its dreams of creating vacant land free of those pesky children.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Each of the 177 Illinois state legislators has his or her own bills to shepherd through the two houses of the legislature, and any bill that does anything has its pesky opponents.
—Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
And in an era with pesky inflation headaches, California’s varied wage gains – especially, the bigger raises for the bigger paychecks – are one of the forces nudging up economic anxieties statewide.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
Studies do show that citronella, geranium, peppermint and other fragrant plants can indeed help deter mosquitoes, but the bottom line is that just having those scents around probably won't stop the pesky insects from biting you.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Each of the 177 Illinois state legislators has his or her own bills to shepherd through the two houses of the legislature, and any bill that does anything has its pesky opponents.
—Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
And in an era with pesky inflation headaches, California’s varied wage gains – especially, the bigger raises for the bigger paychecks – are one of the forces nudging up economic anxieties statewide.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
Studies do show that citronella, geranium, peppermint and other fragrant plants can indeed help deter mosquitoes, but the bottom line is that just having those scents around probably won't stop the pesky insects from biting you.
—Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
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“Pesky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pesky. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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