nibble
verb (used without object)
to bite off small bits.
nibbled
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past participleof nibble.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof nibble.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
nibbleverb (used without object)to bite off small bits.
Example Sentences
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At night, bedbugs nibbled at the 312 people laying like sardines on the floor of Namazi’s section of Ward 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
While Trump bloviated about tariffs, the Hispanic Republican Club chair nibbled on dessert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
"What that means is that, in the case of the squirrel, it nibbled on aloe and took those metabolites into its own bloodstream," explained Bromage.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026
Stuffed, they nibbled on dessert before Erin stunned her guests with a declaration she had cancer, the trial heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
She always gave them each a cookie when they left, and they nibbled the cookies very slowly while they walked home.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
