How to Use pester in a Sentence

pester

verb

• Leave me alone! Stop pestering me!
• Baze said the suspect had pestered her daughter to go out with him for months.
  — Nick Valencia, CNN, 20 May 2018
• Some pester celebrities for selfies.
  — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
• The thought of the building imploding hadn’t pestered him or crossed his mind much.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
• That summer before ninth grade, his older cousin had pestered him to try wrestling.
  — Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
• Of those whom Ruth had license to pester, her father had seen the most of the world.
  — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
• Williams missed four games last year from a hamstring strain that pestered him throughout the season.
  — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
• What a selfish request and to keep pestering it for years is so rude.
  — Erin Clack, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
• The Impact pestered the Alliance most at the free-throw line.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2020
• The flies and parasites are known to pester cattle in the region.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2018
• Meanwhile, the ewe who gave birth to her won’t go away or stop pestering these human usurpers.
  — Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024
• Meanwhile, the ewe who gave birth to her won't go away or stop pestering these human usurpers.
  — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
• If anything, the feature above might give scammers a whole new way to pester iPhone users.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 28 Jan. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Perez would barrel onto the field, pester a teammate or two and scurry back to safety.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 26 Sep. 2017
• Hal Mumme has never been more elated to be pestered with allergies.
  — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• Every weekend, Huang would call Mills and pester her to do homework with him.
  — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• There's no Fifth Amendment right not to be pestered for paperwork.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 5 Mar. 2018
• On the defensive end, Sochan’s game plan was to pester Doncic.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Jan. 2023
• Back in the spring, Kelly was pestered with questions about his new quarterback.
  — Laken Litman, Indianapolis Star, 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
• 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
• Al Samawi had pestered someone into giving him the phone number of the captain of the ship.
  — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2018
• His dead father, who keeps popping up in spirit to pester him, wants Juicy to kill his uncle to avenge his death.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
• Joel pesters the psychologist Gail at lunch, asking if moths are a symbol of change and growth.
  — Noel Murray, New York Times, 19 May 2025
• Fudd played some solid defense early with a quick steal and spent some time pestering Clark.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2026
• As the gang is gearing up for this fight, Mike pesters Will to the point that all the latter can do is roll his eyes.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
• The Womacks pestered their Realtor to stay on the selling agent.
  — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, 22 Aug. 2019