Example Sentences

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I’ve enjoyed the way that this show is consciously divorced from the world's troubles, yet manages to speak to things that are nagging at us at any given moment by helping us laugh at them.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024

Now, however, there are nagging questions about Williams.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

There are nagging doubts, however, over whether he really comprehends every aspect of the fiendishly complicated detail.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021

The injury let him spend more time with family and consider what’s next, yet the financial implications are nagging at him.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2019

You always are nagging at me that Bombay is the 'big' and you are the 'small' man.

From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning