I. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
niggling doubt/worry/suspicion etc
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Almost immediately, the fretting, niggling worries and the sense of fearful anticipation began to return.
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Always, in the background, in the dim recesses of her mind, there had been that niggling doubt.
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And here a niggling doubt enters the mind.
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Nor did it remove the niggling suspicion that Isabel was hiding something.
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Of course, this is usually so, but I am having little niggling doubts about such a sweeping statement.
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There remains the niggling doubt that this delay has something to do with our muddled sentimentality towards animals.
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There was, however, a niggling doubt in the minds of some of the jurors.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Doubts niggled at the back of her mind.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the editor is the only area to niggle with, really.
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Clearly something other than the bass notes on the wireless niggled him.
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He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie.
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I was niggled during those first few months by the feeling of being a charlatan.
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She was niggled by a lingering doubt that she might have played her cards badly.
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So this was Guy Sterne's type of woman, an irritating little voice niggled the back of her mind.
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The empty feeling of the place niggled management.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Almost as if he believed his story ... And she herself started to feel another niggle of doubt.
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And that's my only other niggle , really.
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He'd meant to stay longer, but a wee niggle in his mind made him return early.
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It is an excellent book, as I took care to point out, except for my few niggles.
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My only niggle is that the seams on the top of the shoulder are quite prominent and uncomfortable.
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Numerous other niggles arose from our months together.
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Time may sort it out for me, but meanwhile I have to live with its niggle .