While a con artist may pester you to buy, they do not want to be noticed by the police. |
You nod absent-mindedly, hoping she will go pester someone else so you can sample the hors d' oeuvres in peace. |
So, the gossiping busybody that I am, I started to pester him about who he liked. |
But don't pester him about his philosophical 180 from fast-talking danger-lover to caring family man. |
Unscrupulous companies will instead pester you with annoying phone calls or unannounced visits. |
Cows wander the streets, ragged children pester dogs with sticks, tailors teeter past on bicycles balancing bolts of fabric. |