nibble
verb (used without object)
to bite off small bits.
is nibbling
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present progressiveof nibble (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He currently is nibbling around the edge of judicial authority: testing it to see how stiff the opposition will be.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
Do you suspect that death is nibbling away at your form, even as you walk and breathe?
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Pony is girlish, anxious and so itchy it’s like something unknowable is nibbling away at her.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2017
The rapid rise of apps such as Quip, Haiku Deck, Prezi, Paper, Smartsheet, Good and Evernote, not to mention Google Apps, is nibbling away at the Office franchise.
From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2014
A cat sitting quiet and breathless before a mouse-hole will not be enticed away, for she knows that the mouse will come out; it is nibbling already; and then there is a successful spring.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
