Example Sentences

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But it definitely came with a really hard tinge to it, and a kind of serrated edge that I felt like it was nicking me a lot of the time.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2020

‘Come go with me … down to the penitentiary’ — he was nicking folk-song words and chain-gang words and putting them into the Del-Vikings’ songs, a clever little bit of ingenuity.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2017

The moment he was inside, Harry burst out, “He was nicking Sirius’s stuff!”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

And all the time he was nicking away, and in his hurry failing to get a spark to drop in the tinder.

From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by Rainey, W. (William)

The next minute he was nicking a piece of flint against the steel, striking sparks down into the box, and at the second sharp click Mark started awake.

From The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)