nag at
Example Sentences
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Still, in the weeks and months following the decoder experiments, the unsettling implications of the device began to nag at him.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
For all that he did this season, the Mariners’ failure to reach to the postseason and his own inconsistencies will nag at him all offseason and motivate him through workouts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
What did nag at Winslow, he said, was the question of whether crime writers put themselves in a bubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
Years later, even as he went on to reestablish himself, that reality still seems to nag at Jagr.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022
He doesn’t feel this always, just enough to nag at him, settling over his thoughts like a web.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
