nag
verb (used with object)
to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
were nagging
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past progressiveof nag.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When I was developing the script, people were nagging me about it being a modern fairy tale, and why I did not set the film “today.”
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
For all the production by the offense, there were nagging failures on short-yardage plays and in hurry-up situations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2021
Versi’s approach – polite, factual complaints about one article at a time – can feel tame, or perhaps altogether misbegotten, as if he were nagging a battleship.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2018
But Maneafaiga believes the consequences were nagging injuries.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2012
He did not like the Reformatory a bit, they were nagging him all the time.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck
