Example Sentences

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Coronavirus has stopped the physical visits and we have been whittling down the video chats.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2020

States have been whittling away at a backlog of filings, but delays in some places persist.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2020

Since 2013, police have been whittling away at thousands of unprocessed rape kits collected by Memphis since the 1980s.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2018

They have been whittling its size ever since Sagittarius A* was discovered, in 1974.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2015

Since then, courts have been whittling away restrictions imposed by wardens.

From Time Magazine Archive