nagging doubt

collocation in English

meaningsofnagginganddoubt

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nagging
adjective
uk
/ˈnæɡ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈnæɡ.ɪŋ/
complaining ...
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doubt
noun[C or U]
uk
/daʊt/us
/daʊt/
(a feeling of) not being certain about something, especially about how good or true ...
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(Definition ofnagginganddoubtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On an emotional level, though, some individuals may have enough of anaggingdoubtto cause them to hesitate.
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One cannot avoid anaggingdoubt, however, when one looks at the complete change that has taken place in policy since then.
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I have anaggingdoubtabout the continuation of the arrangement.
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It provoked thenaggingdoubtthat people might question impartiality.
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This is often the kind of medical examination involved when a social worker has anaggingdoubtabout a child.
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There still remains thenaggingdoubtof a miscarriage of justice.
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I refer to decasualisation and massive investment, of which there would have been more had there not been a constantnaggingdoubtin the background.
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The word "comparable" creates anaggingdoubtin my mind.
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However, one is left with anaggingdoubt.
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My finalnaggingdoubtrelates to the provision of search powers.
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That is thenaggingdoubtin my mind and it goes right to the heart of the proposal.
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I have expressed my feelings strongly, but there is anaggingdoubtabout the deficit of nearly £1 million.
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But always there is thatnaggingdoubtand worry, and always the difficulties are amplified at the inevitable moment.
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I have had anaggingdoubtabout that paragraph since the motion was first announced.
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There is anaggingdoubt, however.
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Nevertheless, there remains anaggingdoubt.
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I have anaggingdoubtthat if we were to use resources to subsidise energy prices, we would be treating the symptoms rather than the disease.
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But then nagging doubts assail me, and the chief one, as has frequently been mentioned by others, is the question of the precise terms.
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There are nagging doubts about the way in which the process has been undertaken.
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Nagging doubts often linger over the adequacy of deals struck.
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