Example Sentences

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“Everyone has been nibbling at Express from all sides, and Express doesn’t have a defensible proposition,” Saunders said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Surfers in California have been warned to keep an eye out for a territorial sea otter that has been nibbling surfboards.

From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2023

In the course of making the case for Carleton Watkins's genius, the J Paul Getty Museum's just-retired photography curator, Weston J Naef, has been nibbling away at Muybridge's standing.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2010

The National Production Authority, which for some time has been nibbling at the civilian use of various scarce materials, last week took the biggest bite yet.

From Time Magazine Archive

The third said, ‘Who has been nibbling my bread?’

From Snowdrop and Other Tales by Grimm, Jacob