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Examples of pester in a Sentence
Leave me alone! Stop pestering me!
one resident pestered the condo board about every little thing
Recent Examples of pester from the Web
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Pay now or wait for the free version and be pestered about microtransactions either way?
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In the top of the fourth, Florence pestered Evansville starter Hunter Ackerman (7-5) for four runs.
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For years, Gordon has pestered manager Ned Yost about playing center field.
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People were pestering customers going in and out of a store Tuesday in the 1900 block of Pulaski Highway.
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Tribe senior scouting director John Mirabelli was being pestered by scout Ramon Pena to look at Ramirez.
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Any Trump-Putin meeting -- whether official or unofficial -- will likely be tense as both have pestered each other in the lead-up to the G20.
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Manager Joe Maddon said preferred to let the Cubs player development staff handle Schwarber and not pester him with questions.
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Being out in nature, confronted with only the melodic sensory inputs of wildlife and the elements — not the constant bleeping and tic-inducing buzzing of my phone — will be the salve for whatever pesters me.
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Origin and Etymology of pester
modification of Middle French empestrer to hobble, embarrass, from Vulgar Latin *impastoriare, from Latin in- + Late Latin pastoria tether — more at pastern
pester Synonyms
Synonyms
bug, chivy (or chivvy), disturb, intrude (upon), botherRelated Words
inconvenience, trouble; aggravate, annoy, bedevil, chafe, devil, dog, dun, exasperate, fret, gall, get, gnaw, grate, hassle, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rankle, rasp, rile, roil, torment, vex, worry; beleaguer, beset, besiege; distress, plague; afflict, harass, provoke; anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, madden, outrage; agitate, perturb; butt in, cut in (on), obtrude; encroach, infringe, invade, trespassNear Antonyms
disregard, forget, ignore, leave, slight; appease, conciliate, disarm, mollify, oblige, placate; delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy; comfort, console, contentSynonym Discussion of pester
worry, annoy, harass, harry, plague, pester, tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts. worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation.
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- pursued a policy of worrying the enemy
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- you're doing that just to annoy me
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- harassed on all sides by creditors
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- the strikers had been harried by thugs
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- plagued all her life by poverty
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- constantly pestered with trivial complaints
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- children teased the dog
PESTER Defined for English Language Learners
pester
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Definition of pester for English Language Learners
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: to annoy or bother (someone) in a repeated way
PESTER Defined for Kids
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pes·ter
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Definition of pester for Students
pestered;
pestering
:to bother again and again
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