nagged

Example Sentences

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And when I returned in the fall of 2023 to watch Pretzel again, the feeling nagged at me that maybe I could.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2025

But the question of what exactly the brief exchange was all about nagged at me for the rest of the day.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

These arguably hairsplitting thoughts nagged at me thanks to my job as a congressional correspondent focused on federal spending.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

“We really just took an extra week because it kind of nagged with him so we took an extra week to get him back,’’ Carroll said of Haynes.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Lamar nagged me to tell him where I’d found them, but I wouldn’t.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly