[ US /ˈnæɡ/ ]
[ UK /nˈæɡ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an old or over-worked horse
  2. someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
VERB
  1. worry persistently
    nagging concerns and doubts
  2. remind or urge constantly
    she nagged to take a vacation
  3. bother persistently with trivial complaints
    She nags her husband all day long
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How To Use nag In A Sentence

  • But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
  • Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
  • Come to think of it, it should read "sententia" but you managed to misspell in Latin the word you misspelled in English. When Latin Tattoos Go Wrong
  • Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified. War-Time Financial Problems
  • Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
  • It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • A leisurely breakfast - even the motel manager was moaning about the way the Italians "hogged" the muffins this morning and drank cups of milk instead of putting it on their bran flakes! TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
  • A repair job is bad enough; but an investment in managerial ego is worse. MANAGING FOR RESULTS
  • Before that I was the sales manager with a Bombay consumer electricals company.
  • They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency.
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