Sentence examples for a nagging desire from inspiring English sources

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Their existence offers a convenient solution to the big studios whose craving for profit is accompanied by a nagging desire for prestige, and who market their products in two categories: serious movies and summer movies.

Sparked by a nagging desire to find answers to these eternal philosophical and spiritual questions, he began traveling the world.

Several participants mentioned having "a nagging desire to cough constantly" and "never feeling relieved after coughing".

I vacillated between a nagging desire to keep the place pristine and adopting the devil-may-care attitude of leaving my martini glass wherever I damn well pleased.

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The Unknown Commuter--it has a nice ring to it... Sitting on that last ride, I felt a small nagging desire for one last foulup--something to remember the old New Haven by.

The Unknown Commuter--it has a nice ring to it... Sitting on that last ride, I felt a small nagging desire for one last foulup--something to remember the old New Haven by..

Speaking before the crowd gathered at his hacienda on Saturday, Mr. Lucero said that although he had decided to make his life and raise his family in the New York area, he had never been able to shake off the nagging desire to return home.

To do that, I really had to flesh them out, give them private stories and hideous insecurities and nagging desires and a few stains on their clothes.

Now, multiply that with a desire to escape a nagging awareness of constant war and devastation and you can start to see where "wanderlust" goes beyond a hashtag for some young Iraqis.

A nagging conscience is, well, a big nag, and worth heeding.

Such things are relative, as Albert Einstein noted: "An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour".The ability to satisfy desires instantly also breeds impatience, fuelled by a nagging sense that one could be doing so much else.

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