You nod absent-mindedly, hoping she will go pester someone else so you can sample the hors d' oeuvres in peace. |
It is painful to acknowledge, but marketers were right all along: pester power works. |
The first is that advertising piles deliberate pressure on parents with the pester power of the child. |
Cows wander the streets, ragged children pester dogs with sticks, tailors teeter past on bicycles balancing bolts of fabric. |
So, the gossiping busybody that I am, I started to pester him about who he liked. |
Those who believe that doctors do not keep up with medical developments are also using the web to pester scientists directly. |