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Meanings of pestering in English

Causing irritation or annoyance.

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Usage of pestering in English
1
You can even bring your friend-youknow, the one Roy was pestering.
In every heartbeat
2
I guessed that Spelikon must have been pestering him with questions too.
Anathem
3
Why did you tell your neighbor that a reporter was pestering you?
The next to die
4
And I kept on pestering the man. And pester Pelé Toye did.
The Guardian
5
But that was very far from setting a term to his pestering.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
6
She was pestering me through dinner as to where Coral might be.
The Great Book of Amber
7
Seward and Marie Jeanette were pestering fleas and should be brushed off.
Anno Dracula
8
I believe he's been pestering the old man to send him West.
The Claim Jumpers: A Romance
9
I just don't want you pestering me any more with your complaints.
The Snowshoe Trail
10
What's the good of pestering me with questions at this awful time?
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
11
But I let her continue because otherwise she'll keep pestering me.
Something wicked
12
He spent nearly a year pestering officials at the Schiphol Airport Fire Department.
Wired
13
He's been pestering me ever since our wedding day, Grady said.
Wrangling the redhead
14
He'd been getting pestering calls for days, asking what she was up to.
The capitol game
15
The provincial theatres and the second-class theatres are pestering me daily for it.
Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
16
Perhaps it was a way to discourage Berman from pestering her.
Nano
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common