How to use pester in a sentence

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• She was sick and tired of her daughter pestering her to help her with her homework.From the entry sick and tired
• Some autograph-hunters were pestering the players after the game.From the entry autograph
• His nonvolatile demeanor was tested by the constant pestering.From the entry nonvolatile
• He pestered me until Kingdom come about the concert.From the entry until Kingdom come
• Your constant pestering is getting old.From the entry old
• The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.From the entry nook
• A black plumber working under the sink in coveralls was being pestered by a negligeed housewife.2010, David Walton, Evening Out, page 119. From the entry negligeed
• Jim’s mother pestered him daily for a month to come home for a talk.2005 February 25, Mark Dahl, chapter 18, in Covenant Betrayed: Revelations of the Sixties, the Best of Time; the Worst of Time, book 2…. From the entry pedant
• They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions.2003, Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Tor Books. From the entry show-off
• A brahmarakshasa had been pestering the rishi to give his daughter in marriage to him.2002, V Sasikumar, Fantasy. From the entry brahmarakshasa
• My neighbour's little boy pestered his dad for a 'Viva' T-shirt.1990 May 26, O. Musi, Drum Magazine. From the entry skipper
• FOIA is what enables regular people to pester powerful federal agencies into handing over information about what they’ve been up to.2017 July 23, Michelle Cottle, “The War on the Freedom of Information Act”, in The Atlantic. From the entry FOIA
• Interfering . . . pestering . . . you must know.' 'I don't know her from Adam,' the Boy said.1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock. From the entry know someone from Adam
• "Why remember those nasty centuries when honest folk were queered, pestered and malagroozed by clanjamfries of greedy gangsters who called themselves governments and stock exchanges?"1994, Alasdair Gray, A History Maker. From the entry malagruze
• Dogflies were pestering the Pensacola beach trade, and beach crews were mobilized to disinfect the clumps of washed-up seaweed in which the dogflies lived.1969, Wesley Marx, The Frail Ocean, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, pages 63–64. From the entry dogfly
• Despite Shearer's insistence that he intends to hang up his scoring boots at the end of the season, Souness has pledged to keep pestering him to change his mind.2005 January 23, Simon Turnbull, "Carry on Shearer: Given's plea to captain, Independent (UK)(retrieved 23 Aug 2019). From the entry bend someone's will

Meaning of pester

1. verb To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
2. verb To crowd together thickly.
3. noun A bother or nuisance.

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How do you use pester in a sentence?

Pester is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He pestered me with questions.”

What is a short sentence with pester?

“He pestered me with questions.”

What does pester mean?

Pester means to bother, harass, or annoy persistently.