nagged

Example Sentences

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Boland nagged away, having Will Jacks athletically caught by Carey, once again up to the stumps.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

That thinking was present last week, when general manager Brandon Gomes announced that utilityman Tommy Edman will undergo surgery to address an ankle injury that nagged him for the second half of this past season.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

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

“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

She nagged him all the time, anyway He’d work his guts out, but it was never enough.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak