Get to know Pestered better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like annoyed or harassed.
Pestered meaning
simple past and past participle of pester
Using Pestered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of pester
- Useful related words include: annoyed, harassed, harried, vexed.
- In the example corpus, pestered often appears in combinations such as: pestered the, pestered by, been pestered.
Context around Pestered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pestered
- In this selection, "pestered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, similarly, roofs, reportedly, resident and rittich stand out and add context to how "pestered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actor reportedly pestered the show and after being pestered about it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pestered" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pestered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He allegedly pestered her for an extra Rs. (8 words)
Despite the relentless denial, Richards was pestered by her fellow housewives. (11 words)
Prosecutors allege that Burke pestered his friend’s sister, and eventually groped her. (13 words)
I keep trying to tell her that I could take care of her cat problem for her, but for some reason she wants to continue to be pestered by him, and refuses to let me come home with her and chase him out of there. (45 words)
As I got older, I became enamored with the idea of mountain climbing in the Tetons and pestered my parents to allow me to go the park’s Exum School of Mountaineering. (32 words)
Dr. Baghdadi reports that when Shoghi Effendi was only 5 years old, he pestered his grandfather to write a tablet for him, which was common practice for `Abdu'l-Bahá. (30 words)
Example sentences (16)
A 43-year-old was similarly pestered to meet after she asked Curling to stop messaging her.
After they had been pestered for months, Persimmon finally agreed to come and investigate, and found the whole ground floor was completely wet.
As I got older, I became enamored with the idea of mountain climbing in the Tetons and pestered my parents to allow me to go the park’s Exum School of Mountaineering.
But it’s also brought it’s share of grief: one viewer suggested he be publicly executed; others have pestered him and wife Holly for money.
At Maitri Hotel in Karimnagar, severe food safety violations were found in their kitchen, including roofs pestered with cobwebs and spiders, causing oil deposition.
Despite the relentless denial, Richards was pestered by her fellow housewives.
The actor reportedly pestered the show's executive producer about the possibility of directing an episode, and after a directorial crash course, Frakes was allowed to take the job.
After being pestered about it, David F. Sandberg has altered the cameo from Henry Cavill’s Superman, and it’s ridiculous.
Often, the father-of-two carried around note cards and studied them while undertaking his duties and pestered resident doctors at the facility with questions.
Prosecutors allege that Burke pestered his friend’s sister, and eventually groped her.
Tim Storm had been pestered by a Mama Storm imposter over the weeks.
He allegedly pestered her for an extra Rs.
Thomas pestered Rittich behind the net, Sanford fished the puck free and centered the puck to Sundqvist — who had plenty of empty net to shoot at.
I keep trying to tell her that I could take care of her cat problem for her, but for some reason she wants to continue to be pestered by him, and refuses to let me come home with her and chase him out of there.
Desperate to avoid identification, Themistocles pestered the captain of the ship to continue the journey immediately.
Dr. Baghdadi reports that when Shoghi Effendi was only 5 years old, he pestered his grandfather to write a tablet for him, which was common practice for `Abdu'l-Bahá.
Common combinations with pestered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: