Example Sentences

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The question has been nagging at me since Saturday night, following the last of four consecutive concerts by the musicians of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Jessica Naz, who has been nagging at United players all day, gets the game's first booking for persistent fouling.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2024

“It hurt every time I ran on it,” he said, adding that the injury has been nagging him for a while.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2022

The reason this has been nagging at me is that I feel like we don’t have a chance to move beyond the mundane into much more interesting topics.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2015

It would have been a very different story if Robben could have found the net, a thought that has been nagging the Bayern Munich player since.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2010