nagging

Example Sentences

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Southampton should be starting preparations for the richest game in English football in 10 days' time, but there remains a nagging doubt.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

They may have some nagging concerns and some lingering doubts.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

That leaves various nagging questions for Adobe investors — ones that are “are unlikely to be resolved in the near term,” according to Bhatia.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

I was 24 and had this nagging idea to become an actress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Something had been nagging at her ever since Iorek Byrnison had first mentioned Iofur’s name, and now it came back: what Iofur Raknison wanted more than anything else, Professor Trelawney had said, was a daemon.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman