Example Sentences

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I am biting my tongue about my stepdad and her treating my sister as their personal piggy bank.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2019

Pressed on whether the chancellor should lose his job, he added: “I’m being as loyal as could possibly be on the policy question, and I am biting my tongue on the personality question.”

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2018

I’ve just unpacked my food and am biting into my apple when suddenly he is standing next to me, unloading his tray.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

One hour I am absolutely happy; the next I am biting the dust.

From The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher by Alma-Tadema, Laurence

I spit out the bit I am biting and it drops away so that I can see.

From The Lost Kafoozalum by Ashwell, Pauline