niggled

past tense of niggle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of niggled Later though, the conversation niggled at me. Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for niggled
Verb
  • Some New Yorkers have complained that locking the passageways between train cars might prevent them from escaping to another part of the train during an emergency.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, after Combs complained at length at his sentencing hearing last week about the conditions at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, the Bad Boy Records founder now wants to be relocated to a much cushier low-security facility in New Jersey.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Others might tell you that hosting an awards show is a thankless gig, but Bargatze doesn’t seem fussed.
    Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The woman explained in a post on Mumsnet that her fiancé isn’t fussed about having a big wedding as he’s been married before.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Those specific numbers can obviously be quibbled with.
    Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That trove included more than 300 black-and-white photographs, shared via JSTOR, which capture both Lulu the woman and Lulu the clown, though Lulu would have quibbled with the distinction.
    April White, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • From the other room, the victim moaned.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Niggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/niggled. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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