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

If a player feels a niggle, he is told to rest.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

She arrived carrying a slight niggle, and a minor injury that kept her out of October's England camp has slowed her progress.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 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

With a niggle of unease, Jesper wondered what else Rollins might have told Kaz.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Sciver-Brunt was ruled out of this series last week but Sophie Ecclestone and Issy Wong also missed the game with thigh and hamstring niggles respectively.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

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

"Today we could not use Kevin because he had niggles in his hamstring and I didn't want to take risk," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

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

Up until the last 10 minutes or so,Wales had NZ seriously niggled and were either level or leading.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2014

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

As study after study revealed the limits of screening — and the dangers of overtreatment — a thought niggled at my consciousness.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2013

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

It’s all too easy to live with these niggling problems until one day a problem turns into an incident.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

That afternoon Bull returned home early, too excited about the game with Peninsula to concentrate on the niggling administrative details that caused him more annoyance than any other element in his role as squadron commander.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy