Something about the situation bothered him, tugged at his consciousness.

The alcohol tugged at our consciousness and we started to laugh, then cry.

Something, some idea, nagged at his consciousness but was not quite realized.

He fought to think of anything but the pictures hammering at his consciousness.

It gnawed at my consciousness now, an almost physical gnawing.

But worse than this was a terrible fear, knifing at his consciousness.

Justine laughed inside even as the pain ate away at her consciousness.

Diary: the word jagged at his consciousness and he returned to consider it.

Relief tapped at my consciousness, but I wouldn't let it in.

The practical questions scratched at her consciousness, refusing to be ignored.