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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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
Over the last three weeks I have nibbled 209 macarons from 26 confectioners across New York City.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2011
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
The grass is cropped short and thick by generations of sheep and rabbits; and the slopes are dotted with gorse bushes which they have nibbled into all kinds of fantastic shapes.
From Lives of the Fur Folk by M. D. Haviland
