verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brooks had hectored employees who refused to work overtime.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alain Gebrec was standing at the entrance to one of the outhouses, hectoring some one inside.
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And then Georg had closed in on her, a grumpier, more disapproving, hectoring Georg.
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Another gull swoops down and begins to hector the first one for its food.
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Doubtless when it reopens, its current hesitancy will give way to the customary hectoring manner.
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He didn't hector people or tell them he was going to fight, as Gore did.
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Never preach, hector or bully.
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She doesn't hector us about giving up things.
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Women everywhere, unless hectored by feminists, tend to turn to men for leadership.