How to Use nagging in a Sentence

nagging

adjective

• Lose yourself in your work to leave any nagging voices in the dust.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2023
• But the feeling stayed with him—a nagging voice asking, what if?
  — Shefali Luthra, TIME, 15 May 2024
• Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle have dealt with nagging injuries in the World Cup run-up.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 July 2023
• Still, there’s the nagging matter of the president’s age.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
• Smiler has been in and out of the starting lineup due to a nagging knee injury.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
• Some are good; others may leave a nagging sense of regret.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• Any nagging injuries down the stretch last season would help explain trends in his play.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
• And then there’s the nagging fear that maybe that Oscar, win or nomination, was just a fluke.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
• Justice Elena Kagan seemed to sum up the questions that were nagging at some of the justices.
  — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
• Williams was once again playing like one of the best centers in the NFL but dealt with a nagging groin injury that forced him to miss four games in the first half of the season.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• That error sent me searching through the book, wondering about small things that had been nagging at me.
  — Jillian Steinhauer, The New Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
• What was that nagging desire that pushed you into starting something in the first place?
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
• The approach of summer means warmer days, more time outside—and nagging worries about ticks.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 5 June 2023
• Vorhees, having battled nagging injuries all season, bowed out of the bowl to prepare for the NFL draft.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• Played by Lily-Rose Depp, Jocelyn has a sharp sense of what people want from her and a nagging itch to stop playing ball.
  — Vulture, 30 June 2023
• There was just one nagging issue the women couldn’t answer.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• Will Buchert returns from a nagging ankle injury to score 14 points in a win against Lake Zurich on Tuesday.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
• Getting past the nagging injuries that hindered him the last two seasons is reason No. 1.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
• For now, that hope of trust has vanished in the haze of unanswered questions, nagging medical symptoms and fear of the unknown.
  — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• Monaray Baldwin showed explosiveness but wasn’t able to stay on the field due to nagging injuries.
  — Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
• On the other hand, your workout buddy might be in the market for a structured sneak that keeps her rooted in the ground but still keeps away a nagging heel pain.
  — Women's Health, 24 May 2023
• The dysfunction has left area residents with a nagging fear: what happens when a big fire comes?
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• Picture the victory of climbing into bed free of that nagging soreness once and for all.
  — Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
• Penry transferred to Boise State last year, but nagging injuries kept him off the field until late last season.
  — Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 21 Apr. 2024
• There’s this nagging question in just writing that timeline.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• With the exception of my tensor fasciae latae (TFL) muscle tightening up and the nagging cold, the rest of my body felt okay.
  — Michael Clinton, Men's Health, 14 June 2023
• These three women wailed and just nailed their performance as that nagging, doubting, shame monster in your head.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2023
• After working through a nagging training camp injury that cost him his starting role, Lee led the team with nine tackles and one sack.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• As for Erin, at the start of the film her character comes across as one of the worst dramatic cliches: the unappreciative, nagging spouse.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• The fraught hours leading up to the explosion—an overnight thunderstorm, bets on the size of the blast, nagging fears of Armageddon—are confined to about eight minutes of screen time.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024