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How to use the word nagging in a Sentence?

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He started nagging me from the moment I got my first job out of college, i wasn't great with money in my early 20s, and I can't say that I immediately took his advice. But I did hear it, and as I got a little more comfortable financially [ in my late 20s ], I started upping my 401( k) contributions with every pay raise until I was maxed out.

Gary Anderson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The fictions I had learned in church haunted me, i thought if you were in a hot tub and someone ejaculated, [ sperm ] would somehow get over to you. Sex created such a sense of shame that not only could I not have [ it ], I had nightmares and constant nagging thoughts of how far we had gone sexually.

Linda Kay Klein

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

A government that struggles to keep itself open. Russia knee-deep in our democracy. An all-out war on environmental protection. A Justice Department rolling back civil rights by the day. Hatred and supremacy proudly marching in our streets. Bullets tearing through our classrooms, concerts, and congregations. Targeting our safest, sacred places, and that nagging, sinking feeling, no matter your political beliefs: This is not right. This is not who we are.

Joe Kennedy

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There is always that thought when you travel, especially when you have children and when you go to new and unknown places. It is now more upfront in our minds, for sure, do I feel that it will happen again next weekend? I don't believe so. Unfortunately, there are the 'what ifs' that are nagging at me.

Jessica Thon-Ralph

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The nagging sense is why are we hearing about this at the last minute and given that we're hearing about it at the last minute, what else aren't they telling us.

John Stephenson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Right before the results came back, we had a little nagging fear, you know, what if the results came back negative.

Abigail Harding

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We wanted to be supportive, but there were these nagging doubts, you can’t assume someone is going to go south, but it appears the concerns were warranted. It’s what happens when you nominate someone who doesn’t have a clear record.

Carrie Severino

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am thrilled. I love movies. I don't have those nagging, regretful feelings about either of them, it is a miracle.

Kristen Stewart

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Constant complaining and nagging about how life is a biatch, will only grow it more horny..

The wise Pharoah Moe

added by anonymous
12 years ago

Nagging questions remain Where is the line between making the most of one's potential and reaching for the unattainable Where is the line between education as a tool and education as a kind of magic The line is blurred and that is why when education fails, disillusionment is so bitter.

Henry Anatole Grunwald

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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