pester - use in sentences

Object

  • moderator: Please do not pester a group moderator if they turn your request down -- they will have their reasons.
  • power: Advertisers are trying to create ' pester power ' for their latest products, whether parents can afford them or not.
  • officer: Men and officers still pestered with vermin and which are impossible to be rid of.
  • people: I've pestered people, no one wants to know.
  • company: Also maybe pester any local hire companies for old kit they might be throwing away.
  • everyone: He has way too much energy for his own good and is always pestering everyone else to come and play with him.

Subject

  • salesman: We seem to spend more and more of our lives being pestered by salesmen.
  • someone: If pestered by someone complain to the driver, conductor or guard.
  • police: These people always clear out when they hear of trouble, for they do not wish to be pestered by the police.

Modifying Another Word

  • continually: My sights were set and I continually pestered the manager until he gave me the opportunity to design a mural for them.
  • constantly: During break, I am constantly pestered by William who keeps asking me for my snack.
  • always: They won't leave him be, always pestering, demanding.
  • n't: Here was one place where Boris was n't pestered by his fans.
  • not: Please do not pester site owners to gain access.
  • now: The couple's older children are now pestering their parents to turn off lights.

Preposition: in

  • way: I am not the only writer who resents being pestered in this thoughtless way.

Preposition: by

  • salesman: We seem to spend more and more of our lives being pestered by salesmen.
  • someone: If pestered by someone complain to the driver, conductor or guard.
  • police: These people always clear out when they hear of trouble, for they do not wish to be pestered by the police.

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