niggling
IPA: nˈɪgʌɫɪŋ
noun
- A small irritating sensation.
adjective
- Petty
- Irritating.
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Examples of "niggling" in Sentences
- Of course, that kind of niggling detail tends to fly under your radar, it seems.
- Opening bowler v opening bat both with the kind of niggling big mouths we want to see.
- This is the kind of niggling technicality that will send my grey hairs in sorrow to the grave.
- Having been accused at the beginning of that post of "niggling", I thought perhaps I ought to cut to the chase.
- Arthur is equivocal about whether Kallis 'absence may be a boost for opponents themselves beset by a collection of' niggling 'injuries.
- There was much less dish in the afternoon's testimony, and lots of the same kind of niggling that has made the defense so unpopular with the audience.
- Within 30 minutes though things were looking rather problematic as there was a homebirth 'niggling' and both the on-call midwives were from our office.
- So, too, we should whenever practicable lay on our colours in washes; if we begin with stippling our drawings they will be "niggling," and will be sure to look poor and "spotty."
- The nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights, in Sydney's south west, will deliver on expectations by next year despite ongoing "niggling" problems, the federal government's nuclear advisory organisation says.
- At this stage of your progress, if not before, you may be assured that some clever friend will come in, and hold up his hands in mocking amazement, and ask you who could set you to that "niggling;" and if you persevere in it, you will have to sustain considerable persecution from your artistical acquaintances generally, who will tell you that all good drawing depends on "boldness."
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