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.
• But they can also be used to harass and stifle conversations.
  — Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2022
• Thirty-eight percent reported that they had been threatened, harassed or abused.
  — Frank Gluck, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2024
• The people begin to harass MJ, at which point Peter intervenes and zips away with her as the crowd starts to get unruly.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 10 Dec. 2021
• Images posted online indicate Fuentes’ critics have begun harassing him at home.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2024
• After the incident, the young man went into hiding, the report said, but the Taliban then moved on to harass and attack members of his family.
  — NBC News, 26 Jan. 2022
• Kebe has denied the accusations, and even countersued on claims that Cardi B encouraged her fans to harass her on social media.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2022
• So the once-powerful religious authorities have been reduced to mouthpieces for the regime, forbidden to harass the populace.
  — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021
• While the killing is likely to spur calls for a heavier police presence in the subway, the advocates cautioned against using it as an excuse to harass some of the most vulnerable people in the city.
  — New York Times, 15 Jan. 2022
• The rookie’s length and timing allowed Dosunmu to push Young away from the rim on dribble drives and harass his shot, forcing the guard to take lower-percentage arcing shots over his spread arms.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 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
• 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
• Court records show he was charged with harassing phone calls and written threats to cause harm.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• And these trolls came on to those pages and started to harass the family members.
  — CBS News, 1 June 2022
• There were no school uniforms, and the gang members on campus didn’t harass him.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• Either way, your mom should speak to the family and urge them to stop harassing you.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Bieber asked her fans to stop harassing people, once and for all, in her full statement.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 13 June 2023
• In 2019, the court declined to hear the case of a man who said his former boyfriend sent people to harass him using the dating app Grindr.
  — David McCabe, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• Har says the guards did not harass anyone physically, but the captives were most afraid for the 17-year-old girl.
  — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
• One raven will harass a dog that is trying to eat until the dog finally attempts to catch the bird.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
• The noise would serve two purposes: to alert others of danger and further harass the bear.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2022
• The group started harassing Lee, 36, before Lewis and Spencer began to punch, kick and beat her with sticks.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
• This is not the first time Russian fighter jets have harassed American planes over the Black Sea.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2023
• All of the women were living in private rental housing at the time they were harassed, according to the study.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
• The owner asked to not have his store identified or his name published for fear that he would be harassed.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Fans harassed him, slamming their fists on his office door, trying to catch a glimpse.
  — Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024