gnawn
Americanverb
Other Word Forms
- ungnawn adjective
Example Sentences
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As he wrote, “the body of the charter has been unfortunately gnawn by rats” — a comment that carries grim symbolism today, as we take up the task the rats left unfinished.
From Salon • Jul. 23, 2012
Neither shrink thou at the gnawn tables that await thee; the fates will find a way, and Apollo aid thy call.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
The bones of the cutlets were decorated with pink frills- and yesterday he had gnawn ham from the bone!
From Jacob's Room by Woolf, Virginia
On the east side a strange section of gray lava and ash is gnawn into caves.
From At Last by Kingsley, Charles
Now the scorned unlucky lad Rousing from his pillow gnawn Mans his heart and deep and glad Drinks the valiant air of dawn.
From Last Poems by A. E. Housman by Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward)
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