nagged
Example Sentences
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As summer enters its final laps, at last I have the answer to a question that has nagged at me for more than half a century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
“We really just took an extra week because it kind of nagged with him so we took an extra week to get him back,’’ Carroll said of Haynes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Mom felt that Grandma Smith nagged and badgered, setting rules and punishments for breaking the rules.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
