nagged

Example Sentences

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That thinking was present last week, when general manager Brandon Gomes announced that utilityman Tommy Edman will undergo surgery to address an ankle injury that nagged him for the second half of this past season.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

The burden had lifted, never again would we be able to ask the questions that had nagged him for more than a decade.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

Murray, who was nagged by a strained left calf during the first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers, has been bothered by right elbow pain in the past.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 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

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

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly