How to Use harass in a Sentence

harass

verb

• He claims that he is being unfairly harassed by the police.
• She was constantly harassed by the other students.
• The chipmunks will come up to the window and harass them.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2021
• The watchers would have to pledge not to harass voters.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2021
• Those sound like the craft that often harass U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 June 2021
• In the real world, this won’t happen, but the agents will harass the middle class.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• Mejia was scared more people would come in to harass them — or worse.
  — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2022
• The bus is full, and the officials only harass four of us.
  — Alán Pelaez Lopez, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• The Bears’ full-court press harassed the Jayhawks during the comeback.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2025
• The conflict began five years ago when the poster's son, Marc, was harassed by Nicky and her friends.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
• From inside the skate park, 23-year-old Alegria yelled at the deputies to stop harassing the kids.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
• Did Kang ever tell the swimmers to stop harassing the girl?
  — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
• And people aren’t going to pay that kind of money just to harass me.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 10 May 2022
• The officer told the man to return to his home and not harass the landscapers.
  — cleveland, 5 Nov. 2021
• And postgame, a bunch of fans stuck around to harass Suns players going through postgame workouts on the court.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2021
• Court records show he was charged with harassing phone calls and written threats to cause harm.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• Women were harassed two times more than men, the data showed.
  — Tatiana Sanchez, SFChronicle.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• And these trolls came on to those pages and started to harass the family members.
  — CBS News, 1 June 2022
• As with all teams coached by Leonard Hamilton, this squad wants to harass ball-handlers.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2021
• Staff have been harassed or had their tips stolen on a weekly basis, White said.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
• Jason tells us that Jax has been harassing all the guys in the group chat to support his party.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
• There were no school uniforms, and the gang members on campus didn’t harass him.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• Whelan has reported that the guards at the prison have threatened, abused and harassed him.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 22 Jan. 2020
• Ten agreed that Spitzer harassed her, while 11 found that Nelson took part and the county didn’t do enough to prevent it.
  — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
• Either way, your mom should speak to the family and urge them to stop harassing you.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Gloria said her ex-boyfriend had been following and harassing her.
  — Paul Larosa, CBS News, 3 May 2026
• But militants harass shipping elsewhere in the region, too.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 2 May 2026
• She was stalked and harassed and blamed her ex.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 1 May 2026
• He was cleared of harassing Brooks on social media.
  — ABC News, 1 May 2026
• Melo was not part of the group harassing Tollinche, law enforcement sources confirmed.
  — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026