nag
verb (used with object)
to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
had nagged
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past perfectof nag.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The burden had lifted, never again would we be able to ask the questions that had nagged him for more than a decade.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
It wasn’t until the pandemic, after the release of “Chimera,” that they felt forced to confront the calling that had nagged at them since childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
It had nagged at me these past 10 days, and your note was just what I needed to abandon wasted regret in favor of action.
From Fox News ● Jun. 30, 2020
Finally, I had an answer to a question that had nagged at me for weeks: What had a woman I had never met given her mother-in-law as a gift?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2019
Finally, she asked the question that had nagged at her since Mother told her about the fire.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
