Verb (used with object) : I had to badger him into coming with us.    From Dictionary.com. 

Giving an honest answer to repeated badgering from a twunt does not equal boasting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jo Swinson on the male dominance of the Commons] Reference

Whether fair or not, Dean's "outsider" status makes him immune to this kind of badgering, at least for the moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2003-05-01] Reference

Or Hillary Clinton whining about Katie Couric's "badgering" and dirty interview tactics and obvious low self esteem?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rogue with Lipstick] Reference

Tired of what he called Zionist "badgering," the president wired Eddie that the Palestine problem was probably "not solvable.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Case of Courage] Reference

This technique Ric called "badgering", as it utilized a brush made from soft badger hair sort of resembling the hair on a shaving brush.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Dempster Interviewed -- Part IV] Reference

The badgering is over.    From Wordnik.com.  [On The Road to Productivity...] Reference

She describes Couric as condescending, biased and "badgering".    From Wordnik.com.  [IrishExaminer.com] Reference

Couric was "badgering," biased and far easier on Couric's Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

In new book, Palin says McCain aides kept her 'bottled up'; Couric was 'badgering' and biased.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The kind of badgering which the youth received was enough to upset a less sensitive temperament.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Enormous Room] Reference

Palin also writes harshly of CBS anchor Katie Couric, whom she describes as "badgering" and biased.    From Wordnik.com.  [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference

Couric was "badgering," biased and far easier on Palin's Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, the book states.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He would also try "badgering" Mitchell to chronicle changes in the printing industry to no avail, Welch said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal-Standard Homepage RSS] Reference

The hearing grew testy at times, with Gerou accusing Pommer of "badgering" corporate officials who came to testify.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

(If Katie Couric was 'badgering', how will she face Putin?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jason Pinter: Sarah Palin and Barack Obama: Publishing Soulmates] Reference

A court would say Anuse was badgering the witness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Justice] Reference

Russia has been badgering William Heney, a drummer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference

He was badgering me, I was jet-lagged, but that was no excuse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love, War & Running For President] Reference

Finance Minister Mehdi says he's been badgering the Americans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost In The Green Zone] Reference

And what's it like to face a room full of badgering reporters?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2006] Reference

Woodward and Bernstein were badgering the Nixon administration.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2009] Reference

You charge my country with "daring and badgering you to battle.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

If I want to rest on my oars you're badgering me to be up and doing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference

The badgering continued until I stormed out of the office to be alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex, Lies And Me] Reference

KURTZ: Lola Ogunnaike, does that seem like badgering by an anchor to you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2009] Reference

"He is forever coming on the sands and badgering people into playing with him.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spanish Chest] Reference

In the book, Sarah Palin says that the CBS anchor was badgering her and was biased.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2009] Reference

Come, leave off badgering him; I was just the same at his age, when I began to write.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference

She always did seem to take particular pleasure in hectoring and badgering me to death.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861] Reference

ALLRED: Stop badgering my client and talk directly to me from this point forward, buster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abe Gurko: Gloria Allred Does It Again] Reference

What would those miserable devils say now, that had been badgering him with lawyers 'letters?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference

Reporters suddenly seized on this recommendation and began badgering the official with questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy Of The Threat] Reference

He tells NEWSWEEK he had never heard of a North American Union until people started badgering him about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Highway To Hell?] Reference

For two years, Lane has been badgering state senators to pass legislation supporting embryonic-stem-cell research.    From Wordnik.com.  [WELCOME TO THE STEM-CELL STATES] Reference

Yes, it was in a badgering, bantering exchange with reporters, and no, we don't want to drain all humor from our public officials.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Only Kidding'] Reference