How to Use nag in a Sentence

nag

1 of 2 verb

• He kept nagging her until she agreed to see the movie.
• All you ever do is nag.
• My parents are always nagging me to clean my room.
• Mom's always nagging me about my hair.
• Quit nagging! I already said I'm not going.
• Teenagers used to nag parents for the car keys or a little extra cash.
  — Oyin Adedoyin, WSJ, 18 June 2023
• All of this reminded me of a question that’s long nagged at me: Why are there so many blockchains in the first place?
  — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 6 Mar. 2023
• Oblique injuries can nag and return dates are hard to predict.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2023
• Here’s what did especially nag Bochy about the loss, though.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
• Lowry has been dealing with nagging knee soreness for much of the season.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
• Listen to yourself if something is nagging you or doesn't feel right and speak up.
  — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 16 Dec. 2023
• And the girls were forever nagging their mother to be careful.
  — Katie Engelhart, New York Times, 9 May 2023
• That incomplete search of Cliff Jones’ property still nags at her.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 31 May 2023
• Sometimes, elders in the family nag them about having a baby.
  — Zixu Wang, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
• Kerr has been nagged ever since by the inadequacy of science, and of language, to fully capture the mysteries of the mind.
  — Phoebe Zerwick, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• Every step brings risk that his muscles will cave, his legs will crumple, and calculations constantly nag in the back of his mind to prepare for a fall.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• While these trips soothed my anxiety, guilt nagged at me about hoarding another resource: cash.
  — Emi Nietfeld, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• At some point, you’ve probably been nagged by your doctor, an overly concerned parent, or a well-meaning health site (hello!) to wear SPF.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 June 2023
• Your iPhone will nag you to update your software when there are security fixes available.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• But, McBride says, be realistic: Don’t expect a day filled with games and fun with your teenagers, necessarily, and don’t nag them to hang out or get outside or go do something.
  — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020
• Clients were called, and even nagged, repeatedly by competing forces within the same company.
  — Tim York, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Those feelings certainly nagged at Alex, even if other concerns loomed larger.
  — Aidan Gardiner, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• These queries nag even more when secondary characters, like Cummings’ Kessler, are rendered more robustly.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2023
• His development was hindered by nagging injuries that started in high school and continued into the early part of spring drills.
  — Jim Vertuno, ajc, 14 Apr. 2023
• Re: Vacation: I’m also constantly getting nagged, but traveling with my parents and in-laws is kind of awful and stressful.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• Cherono nagged the Marathon Chase and a $10,000 bonus.
  — Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
• Those kids went home and nagged their parents.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
• Figure out what’s nagging you in the back of your mind.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
• This type of slippage would ordinarily nag at me.
  — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
• Something else had been nagging at him, too.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026

nag

2 of 2 noun

• Let some poor nag so much as lay back his ears and people mutter threats and reach for the nearest club.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 26 Dec. 2020
• Katie Lowes, who plays Jen, Tom’s wife, wasn’t like a one-dimensional nag.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2022
• But Helen is a controlling nag, while Emily acts like a bratty child.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
• With the world increasingly opening up, there’s no need to spoil dinners or drinks reuniting with friends with the constant nag of a chill.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 1 July 2021
• In football years, a 15th-century knight in dull armor riding an old swayback nag.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026