gnawed
- past tense form of gnaw.
Example Sentences
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Into the ragbag each frock found its flight, Crumpled and ravished of a film-proud shade, And every script is wandering forlorn, Gnawed by the mirage of an opening night.
From Sonnets from the Patagonian by Evans, Donald
Gnawed by his splenetic mood, he sat twitching his beard, while to little purpose the hand of his servant, mute as that on the wall, slowly pushed over the Canary.
From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman
Ye know how my lord, Caerleon's liege, Swore feal to the Romans His lorn wife and daughters— When the wolf, Death, Gnawed life from his heart.
From Nirvana Days by Rice, Cale Young
Miss Mitford had mis-givings, and in fright, Upon Rienzi's night, Gnawed up one long kid glove, and all her bag, Quite to a rag.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
Gnawed by these gloomy thoughts, I turned mechanically into the convent church, with the gray towers that loomed like ghosts though the sea mists.
From Christ in Flanders by Marriage, Ellen
