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gnawn

[ nawn ]

verb

  1. a past participle of gnaw.


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  • un·gnawn adjective

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Example Sentences

Neither shrink thou at the gnawn tables that await thee; the fates will find a way, and Apollo aid thy call.

This ruddy giant was secretly gnawn by misanthropy and disgust of life.

The Cathedral with the top of its massive tower gnawn off by Fate is to be preserved for ever as a memorial of these days.

Nor could they find a bundle in a handkerchief, which they would have gnawn through speedily.

On the east side a strange section of gray lava and ash is gnawn into caves.

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