Sentence examples for sort of pesky from inspiring English sources

After criticizing Mr. Harper as running a secretive and nondemocratic government, Mr. Ignatieff said the prime minister's charge that this election might destabilize Canada's economy showed that Mr. Harper viewed democracy as "some sort of pesky obstacle".

He was the sort of pesky player who gave more powerful teams fits; in the early 1950s, the Yankees were known to covet him, though they never managed to pry him away in a trade.

It was a pesky sort of infirmity, like hay fever, to which we might all be expected to succumb; anyone who managed to stay clear of it would have been the one to be congratulated.

Accordingly, the judge gets to interact directly with the defendant, without the interference of "pesky" lawyers.

They served as food and also helped keep rice paddies free of pesky crabs.

They are blunt and clear, not being burdened with an overload of pesky footnotes.

Yet despite planners' prejudices, places like Houston and Dallas are more than collections of pesky suburban infestations.

" Looking to get some target practice in on a handful of pesky Creepers?

The outraged reaction of several Tory MPs, who obviously would rather not have these pesky Lib Dems in any sort of office let alone a cabinet one, is perhaps predictable.

The change seems like the sort of thing that's only meant to silence the pesky complaints, but in reality, it's fair to say that there are discrepancies between the estimations and actual battery life.

John Cusack: -- that is sort of a loose acknowledgement of some of the messy and pesky affairs of state.