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If I can once get her respectably married," said Irene, nippingly, her small face resolute, "I won't worry about what she tells or doesn't tell.

From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

Tess shivered a little as the frost-laden air bit nippingly at her ears.

From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.

It was nippingly cold outside, and the warm restaurant proved a delightful contrast.

From The Governess by Chickering, Charles R.

Others, scattered about the hillsides and in the arroyos, grazed nippingly at the sparse bunch-grass, moving quickly from clump to clump.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

All the windows were open, and the east wind came in at its will, nippingly cold if airy.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various