- present participle of niggle.
niggling
Example Sentences
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It’s all too easy to live with these niggling problems until one day a problem turns into an incident.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 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
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
Now they are confronted with the niggling possibility that something similar could be happening on their side of the political spectrum too.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
But I was depressed by what it represented—the hours measured, the boredom of inmates and irritation of officers, the ticking of the clock, the niggling accountability.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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