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verb

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Recent Examples of nag
Noun
Microsoft is now helping drive PC sales, interrupting users with nags to upgrade their systems before Windows 10 support expires. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 But the low point is its treatment of its female characters, who are painted as irritating, know-it-all nags who just get in the way of a good time. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
By James Parker Editor’s Note: Is anything ailing, torturing, or nagging at you? James Parker, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025 Nevertheless, a little voice in the back of your head seems to be nagging you about something. Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nag
Noun
  • There were rodeos and parades in the neighborhood and people who would ride their horses everywhere.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Literary and passionate horse seeks a special equine for intellectual sparring.
    Anika Burgess, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The ban on food talk relieved them of being questioned or urged.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Authorities described the situation as chaotic and urged families to use the reunification site to speed up the victim identification process.
    T. Michelle Murphy, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Preservationists are complaining that Tranquillity’s plan would harm the open views in that part of town.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In another email to Instagram leaders in 2017, Systrom complained that Instagram got no new headcount despite a wide investment to grow the company’s video ambitions.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In turn, Julian begged his ex to destroy the incriminating papers for the sake of their family.
    Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Knowing what was to come, both begged for their lives, a witness told investigators.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The audience screamed in approval for the coming out, as seen in a TikTok from the show.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 24 Apr. 2025
  • Benintendi then fouled off a fastball before ripping the next and sending it screaming toward the gap in right-center.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow was popular enough that fans wanted a solo story, but the studio didn't bother to make it until her character was already dead in the major timeline, then skipped the theatrical release, which Johansson sued them about.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The Mavericks defeated the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night in Sacramento, 120-106; the Mavs led by more than 20 points in the first half, and the Kings never bothered to muster much of a run to make this interesting.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Maybe if the teen had whined less, viewers wouldn't have yearned to see her get eaten by some Hellmouth beast.
    EW.com, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Megan Michelson is an Outside contributing editor who loves long drives, even when her two children are whining in the backseat.
    Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Law exudes dogged intensity and Nicholas Hoult is superb as the charismatic white supremacist leader in a gripping action drama.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Still, the Trump administration’s claims of campus antisemitism continue to dog Harvard, with the White House this month making sweeping new policy demands of its leaders while threatening billions of dollars in federal funding.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Nag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nag. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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