nag

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

They'll leave with brilliant memories of days and nights together, of wins on the road that bonded them, of a series won, but Saturday will nag away at them forever.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

“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

Or as Lerner put it in a 2010 interview with NPR: “How do you make moderation sexy, fun and doable without being a nag or a nanny?”

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2023

She’d nag Uncle Pa for a month if she ever found out and that’s what I don’t understand.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt