nubs
- plural of nub.
Example Sentences
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Now he spits out armadillo facts between the nubs of incoming front teeth in their mobile home, then points to his favorite ornament on their white, plastic Christmas tree.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023
She would run her fingers along the pointed nubs of the beans — almost like someone would press prayer beads between their fingertips — and stare at the black-eyed Susans coming up in her backyard.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023
I had chewed my chile rellenos to nubs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023
Acting on a hunch that it was the rabbits gnawing the fruits to their nubs, the scientists trained three infrared camera traps on B. yuwanensis fruit bundles in January 2021.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023
His nubs didn't look like legs at all.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
