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Meanings of pestered in English

Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.

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Usage of pestered in English
1
After this latest meeting, it's clear ICANN still needs to be pestered.
Wired
2
I ask Trudl if they are often pestered by climbers like us.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
Dena had pestered him to bring along her own list of presents.
The Postman
4
So they dropped me like a hot potato; never pestered me again.
A Simpleton
5
Jim Cornette was a fan of Jay's work, so I pestered him.
On Edge
6
He saw a brigade going to the relief of its pestered fellows.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
7
You'd be as warm, maybe, if you were pestered as I am.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Ho...
8
That would be just my luck, to be pestered by runaway dirts.
English passengers
9
Scroggs pestered his daughter for about a month to make her decision.
At Good Old Siwash
10
The Carolinas, no longer pestered by Grand Models, became another rustic paradise.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 / F...
11
Those other men saw that he was different, and they pestered him.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
12
A schoolgirl and a widow reported being pressured and pestered for sex.
The Guardian
13
Ever since September he had been pestered with injunctions, threatened with attachments.
A Little Journey in the World
14
Now, thought I, I shall be pestered to death by this crank.
The Cruise of the Snark
15
Now, we don't wish to be pestered with your persecutions any longer.
The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler; Or, Working for the Custom Hou...
16
I went home and pestered her about who my father was.
The Guardian
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Pestered across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common