How to Use pester in a Sentence

pester

verb

• Leave me alone! Stop pestering me!
• The Impact pestered the Alliance most at the free-throw line.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2020
• The Jazz used him to pester James Harden in the 2018 Playoffs.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
• Baze said the suspect had pestered her daughter to go out with him for months.
  — Nick Valencia, CNN, 20 May 2018
• In the top of the fourth, Florence pestered Evansville starter Hunter Ackerman (7-5) for four runs.
  — Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 15 Aug. 2017
• The flies and parasites are known to pester cattle in the region.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2018
• The Knicks run through Randle, and Capela's job is to defend, pester and rebound.
  — Tim Reynolds, Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• My brother’s a big fan and keeps pestering me to join him.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
• On the defensive end, Sochan’s game plan was to pester Doncic.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Jan. 2023
• If anything, the feature above might give scammers a whole new way to pester iPhone users.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 28 Jan. 2022
• When pestered about the future of the band — and whether she’s fatigued by the constant questions about the group — Howard is gracious.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 May 2024
• It’s people who figure out the best way to get kids to pester their parents at the grocery store.
  — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2020
• The Womacks pestered their Realtor to stay on the selling agent.
  — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, 22 Aug. 2019
• Al Samawi had pestered someone into giving him the phone number of the captain of the ship.
  — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2018
• Against the bigger and deeper Red Storm, the Foresters pestered on defense and made enough big shots to lead for much of the first three quarters.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024
• 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
• With each step of the pre-game process, Dan allowed me to pester him with questions and walked me through his game-day routine.
  — Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2017
• Every weekend, Huang would call Mills and pester her to do homework with him.
  — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• Yet those pranks were primarily to pester, not to harm.
  — Josh Lederman, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
• There's no Fifth Amendment right not to be pestered for paperwork.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 5 Mar. 2018
• When Izzo put Carr on him, the freshman’s quickness started to pester Rodgers.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
• Back in the spring, Kelly was pestered with questions about his new quarterback.
  — Laken Litman, Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2017
• 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
• Buzz60 Are friends or family pestering you to get off your beach chair and go in the water?
  — Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
• God has two choices: Win and be pestered for all eternity for a rematch.
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• Just like other apps that pester you with push notifications, a deathbot could keep sending reminders to message the AI replica of your mom.
  — Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
• The perception from many is that pestering issues aren’t being addressed.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024