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

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

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 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

Patients are being warned not to clog up A&E with everyday niggles as NHS figures show thousands turned to hospitals for minor ailments such as hiccups and ingrowing toenails last winter.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

In 2023, after a succession of niggles, Jack Draper said he hated "being the guy who is injured a lot".

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 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

He hasn't suffered repeated serious injuries, like Rhian Brewster, just regular niggles that mean he has not started more than three games in a row all season.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 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

Football, or that part of it that professes to have a conscience, breathed a huge sigh of relief but as it did so, some still small voice perhaps niggled.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2020

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

The thought niggled at Ophie as she set down her bucket and began to wipe at the windows, the water sloshing a bit as she worked.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

For some Labour MPs this will be a niggling sign of indecision.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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

It was not the first time Larissa had run away but Karen said something was "niggling" her this time.

From BBC ● May 27, 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

I got into bed, my legs very weary, a niggling pain in the small of my back.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier