nag at

Example Sentences

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For all that he did this season, the Mariners’ failure to reach to the postseason and his own inconsistencies will nag at him all offseason and motivate him through workouts.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

What did nag at Winslow, he said, was the question of whether crime writers put themselves in a bubble.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2022

Years later, even as he went on to reestablish himself, that reality still seems to nag at Jagr.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2022

“It’s something you have to learn how to do, and if you don’t do it, being the star on the team, they’re going to always nag at you,” Strawberry said.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018

But Francie was never shamed again in that way and if Miss Briggs did not treat her with kindness, at least she didn’t nag at her.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith