Example Sentences

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They also trapped five strange mice with sharp noses, beady eyes and long claws, more a digger than a gnawer type of creature.

From Time Magazine Archive

“No. I thought ‘one gnawer beside’ meant a rat would be tracking us, perhaps even chasing us.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

One gnawer beside and one lost up ahead.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

“If you add up all the players in the prophecy, two over, two under, two fliers, two crawlers, two spinners, one gnawer, and one lost, you have twelve,” said Vikus gravely.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Among them were the teeth of a gnawer, equalling in size and closely resembling those of the Capybara, whose habits have been described; and therefore, probably, an aquatic animal.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles