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

Smith-Pelly disagreed with that assessment at the time, and he said a knee injury had nagged him all of that last season with the Devils.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2018

Finally, she asked the question that had nagged at her since Mother told her about the fire.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti