niggle

Defender Djed Spence has complained of a muscular niggle before England's last-16 World Cup meeting with Mexico.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

"I've done everything possible to try to get to the start line but after a final scan tonight the niggle I've been managing has developed into a stress fracture," Raducanu said.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Rogers has impressed under Tuchel, starting five and featuring in all eight of the games the German has managed - though a hamstring niggle could give Bellingham the opportunity to start against Serbia.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Mbappe had received treatment for a "small niggle" in his right ankle picked up playing for Real Madrid last weekend.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

Okay, it did niggle, but it was something I could forget easily enough.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

At times he looked like Laurel and Hardy's car with various bits of his body looking like they were going to fall off because of his niggles.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

Guardiola, who previously said Haaland had "muscle niggles", said: "He woke up and feels much better. And hopefully he can play a few minutes."

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024

Bowler Mark Wood and all-rounder Liam Livingstone will miss the match because of knee niggles but fast bowler Jofra Archer will make his first England appearance since March, weather-permitting.

From BBC ● May 21, 2024

Pep Guardiola has just told TNT Sports that Jeremy Doku is not involved because of "some niggles".

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024

Avoiding major injuries - although minor niggles after a long absence may be unavoidable - will be the key to a productive season.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024

She said concerns around the situation have "niggled" her since.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

Although his knee completely gave up on him when the stakes were highest, it has allowed Aspinall to have surgery, solving a problem which has niggled away at him for his entire UFC career.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023

The exclusion crushed Kral, and something else niggled him.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2020

Even then Hale’s attitude – that she was claiming to be just as messed up as the teenager she had attacked – niggled at me.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2014

It was only at the very last, as their fingers brushed across the gap, that something niggled at him .

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

In a maelstrom, one might think such niggling questions of jurisdiction and their attendant turf wars would be set aside.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

On a separate farewell podcast for paid subscribers, Maron and his longtime producer Brendan McDonald explained that the relentless workload was tiring and articulated a niggling feeling that the show belonged to a different era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

The prospect of cuts has helped push world markets ever higher this year, offsetting niggling worries about stretched valuations in the tech sector.

From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025

Despite the niggling issues, allowing foreign players entry into India's government procurement market marks a far-reaching policy shift.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

What was even worse than having to focus his mind on a series of niggling jobs was the need to conceal his agitation from the telescreen.

From "1984" by George Orwell