In the back of his mind, a niggling little thought persisted: Randy had a gun collection.

Somehow he'd managed to shift so that his body covered hers, distracting her from a niggling thought just beginning to form in her mind.

It stays there, in my mind, a niggling thought that won't go away.

I have a niggling thought, too, there are some who would have been quite content to have our representatives remain at home.

I hadn't wanted her to bite me-I hadn't-but a niggling thought wouldn't go away that the baser, pleasure-driven side of me might have.

She quickly dismissed the niggling thought.

She shoved that last niggling thought away, with a hint of desperation.

Pushing the last, niggling thoughts of work to the edge of his mind, he took his grip from the boot and walked toward the house.

She pushed aside the niggling thought that Jessica had very nearly been killed during the course of the investigation.

Something, some niggling thought, nagged at her mind.