nag

I don’t want to nag, but neither do I want to be a doormat.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

A few doubts nag him, such as: what are he and his team accomplishing by sorting random numbers?

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025

"Richard was incredibly keen on transplants and he used to nag me, 'what do you want to do?' and I was a bit wishy washy about it and wouldn't really answer."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

“You know, taking care of my body more, being more aware. Like whenever there is a nag or something, you’re right on it. That’s made a big difference.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

With Johnny on the nag and Rab on Goblin, they went to the Common.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Sister Maria nags the girls about dirty rooms and overloaded washing machines, and conducts room checks twice a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Still, it nags, especially given Alvarez’s commitment elsewhere to grungy practical sets and props.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

And every time HBO Max yanks another movie or TV show I love from the platform, a thought nags at me: Chris was right.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2023

What nags at me even now — in fact, it haunts me in some way — is the knowledge that there were real people behind those toxic accounts.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023

Little Fifi nags that she wants to go, and finally her mother gives in.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

And that was probably one of the things that nagged at him along that trip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

I’ve nagged about visitation and mail until they all know my face and don’t want to see it.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Highlighting a nagging consumption slump, China's retail sales grew at a slower pace in July, official data showed on Monday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

But, they sometimes seem to harbor a nagging suspicion that their local officials are selling them out for big businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

What elevates Mellencamp’s song is the dual consciousness in his raspy vocal: the nagging belief in a dream that, like everything else, “just kind of came and went.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

As his mother’s grief and legal battles to get Fadi home worsen her mental health, Sattouf’s own life is upended by high school, hormones, heartbreak — and a nagging uncertainty.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

A nagging doubt crept into Calder’s mind: Could Mrs. Sharpe be so clever that she had framed herself?

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett