nibble
verb (used without object)
to bite off small bits.
have nibbled
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present perfectof nibble.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That is a credit to his 150 Algarve goats, an indigenous breed with dark spots on a white coat, who have nibbled away the underbrush that can fuel a fire.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
Camas are sort of like llamas that have nibbled Eat Me cake.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2015
Media and Zimmy diehards alike have nibbled on every little line that Dylan — or at least his PR team — has dropped since first announcing the release of Tempest, his 35th studio album.
From Time ● Sep. 12, 2012
But Remy, the rat aspiring to be a great chef in that animated film, would have nibbled elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2010
I have given labor to preserve it; I have watered it; I have killed the insects and small pests that would have nibbled at its branches.
From Montlivet by Alice Prescott Smith
