Example Sentences

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A few of these mosquitoes had blood in their abdomen from a recent meal, which allowed researchers to identify which animals the mosquitoes had been biting.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2012

"Now what's Speed up to?" wondered Coach Brock, who, for the past five minutes had been biting off fingernails at a rapid rate.

From Interference and Other Football Stories by Sherman, Harold Morrow

“Here, wait a minute,” said the Manager, who had been biting his thumb-nail over the telegram.

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest

His teeth were strong enough, because he had been biting crusts all his life.

From Old Peter's Russian Tales by Mitrokhin, Dmitri

At one-thirty, I turned to Stein, who had been biting his nails for an hour.

From Cue for Quiet by Sherred, Thomas L.