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- verb Simple past of
hector . - verb Past participle of
hector
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Examples
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Experts from around the world advised ( "hectored" might be a better word) Woods that only by opening up could he hope for public forgiveness.
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Experts from around the world advised ( "hectored" might be a better word) Woods that only by opening up could he hope for public forgiveness.
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Experts from around the world advised ( "hectored" might be a better word) Woods that only by opening up could he hope for public forgiveness.
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We set Hector and Fred up in a nice temple with Doric columns and rich Corinthian leather, and a supply of virgins of proper genetic makeup, selected with an eye (and a tape measure) toward their “group differences” are first hectored by Hector about having children, and then quickly whicked over to the inner chamber, where Fred is waiting to make those “group differences” even greater.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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On May 20, Netanyahu publicly lectured -- hectored really -- the American president and the previous day he released a press statement about what he "expects" from the American president.
Sari Anabtawi: The Story of Munib Al-Masri Sari Anabtawi 2011
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In recent weeks, the Romney campaign has also hectored Mr. Perry to offer specific proposals after speaking in generalities during his first two months as a candidate.
Perry Looks to Energy to Recharge Economy Patrick O'Connor 2011
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One, it was she and the circle of hard-nosed war hawks who hectored, badgered, and hammered Bush to launch the war that ravaged that country.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Condi's Moving Civil Rights Story Can't Trump Her Role in Bush's Despicable Iraq Folly Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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In facy several have told me how much they enjoy being “hectored” about sex.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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Here at F Division, Ruralshire Constabulary, we are still be hectored and bullied on a daily basis for our Sanctioned Detection Rate, Crime Reduction Figures, PDR Completion Rate (no one ever reads them anyway) and many, many other targets.
WARNING – BULLSHIT ALERT « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Lots of young people, after years of being hectored about how they are doomed if they don't graduate from college, but being aware that they aren't college material, decide that, why wait for the inevitable, they might as well start dealing drugs now.
Charles Murray on Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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