niggling


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Synonyms for niggling

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Synonyms for niggling

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Synonyms for niggling

(informal) small and of little importance

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The post Giant iceberg like 'niggling tooth' set to crack off Antarctica appeared first on Cyprus Mail .
Ferguson battled back from his summer setback to star in the Carling Cup game at Nottingham Forest before being struck by niggling muscle injuries which have restricted his season to just a handful of sub appearances.
And the 19-year-old said: "It would have been great to add to my senior caps but I was nursing a niggling back injury.
Bradley Davies, the Blues lock, who has a niggling ankle injury, could be the only uncapped player in the 32-man squad.
'We talked of niggling their main players and if we could get them off their game we've had a good chance of disrupting their ball,' said Latu.
This is all reasonable and in line with the technological imperatives of the construction industry but something is niggling me.
The board probably figured it could be generous enough to stop niggling the foundation for "fees."
He has had niggling injuries and the lack of training catches up with you, but Bo is training his hardest.'
Fraught with niggling riddles, coyly tucked-away mysteries, and sly, silent enigmas, Herrera's work refuses to yield any easy interpretations or answers.
Six players - four from Albion and two from the home side - were booked in a niggling second half.
Clearly we are all in his debt, and no amount of niggling can obscure that basic fact.
Which is a coincidence, as he has been niggling to leave Old Trafford for Inter Milan - the team United beat 1-0 yesterday - all summer.
"I'm happy, I've little things niggling at me, but if I'd have been offered that scoreline I'd have snatched your hand off."
CHRIS Brunt and Callum McManaman are doubts for today's trip to Stoke City after picking up niggling injuries midweek.