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UK
/pˈɛstəɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈpɛstɝɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛstɝɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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causing irritation or annoyance
swarms of pestering gnats
tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
a pesky mosquito
a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
nettlesome paperwork
a vexatious child
found it galling to have to ask permission
a plaguey newfangled safety catch
an irritating delay
How To Use pestering In A Sentence
- The pestering problem of ‘protected teachers’ can be tackled only if the unaided sector is put on a leash.
- I observe Barry Diller, with his powerful, vulnerable skull that conveys the air of a Picasso, with his smile that's habitually so melancholic but which, now that I've stopped pestering him about his memories of Paramount, his tussles with Murdoch, his conversion to teleshopping, has become curiously childlike. In the Footsteps of Tocqueville (Part V)
- A FIRM that offered to block nuisance phone calls has been fined for pestering people itself. The Sun
- Her mother is pestering me and constantly rings and texts. The Sun
- Her contribution included compiling a cookery book after pestering celebrity chefs for recipes.
- I remember being huddled on the dark sands, pestering my parents for a ride on the donkeys. Times, Sunday Times
- I remember being huddled on the dark sands, pestering my parents for a ride on the donkeys. Times, Sunday Times
- At the frontier, there were people pestering tourists for cigarettes, food or alcohol.
- A You say your mum paid the money just to get the salesman to stop pestering her. The Sun
- I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse.
