nag away at造句

• Gold hoped to print stories that were superior to what he described as " flakes of literary dandruff " about " apocalyptic disaster was an especially common theme; Gold reported that " Over 90 % of stories submitted still nag away at [ the subject ] . . . If it weren't so tiresome, it might be funny to see our transitory political rivalries carried into the remotest futures ".
• In those days Gunn was a left hand medium pace bowler who relied on the ball that went in from off to leg, which allowed him to nag away at batsmen very well on good pitches but could not break-back on a sticky wicket like Ashes tour of 1901 / 1902 when Yorkshire refused to let Rhodes go  apparently because they feared it would affect his performance the following season.