niggle

Example Sentences

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Patients are being warned not to clog up A&E with everyday niggles as NHS figures show thousands turned to hospitals for minor ailments such as hiccups and ingrowing toenails last winter.

From BBC

If a player feels a niggle, he is told to rest.

From BBC

She arrived carrying a slight niggle, and a minor injury that kept her out of October's England camp has slowed her progress.

From BBC

Rogers has impressed under Tuchel, starting five and featuring in all eight of the games the German has managed - though a hamstring niggle could give Bellingham the opportunity to start against Serbia.

From BBC

There was, however, a niggling problem: The running premiums on these insurance contracts ate into the short-term returns of Howie’s group.

From Literature