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Sentence Examples When it comes to nibbling away at political institutions, this 30-strong musical troupe is right at the coalface. There were squirrels everywhere in the park, with their bushy tails and all, nibbling on chestnuts fallen from the trees. There is kitchen fare perfect for late-night nibbling, and a very substantial brunch buffet every Sunday. The soup is also filling me up, which is a good thing, as it means I'm not nibbling through the afternoon. The great buckskin horse was nibbling at the shoulder of the guard's tunic, his shining black eyes shifting between his master and Fionnabhair. All the tables outside pubs will already have been hijacked by extended families nibbling and picnicking, which is just unpleasant. If you can't stand the after-taste of garlic, try sucking a coffee bean or nibbling on some fresh parsley. I don't smoke, however, so I'm hoping nibbling on expensive dark chocolates will be an acceptable substitute. She nicked off at midday feeling mildly exhilarated and trying to ignore the guilt nibbling away at her stomach. The kitchen's been abuzz with everybody chopping, nibbling and stirring pots. They have skipped supper, only nibbling a little on scones and biscotti, and they are hungry. With new competitors nibbling at local business, the old cash cow is starting to dry up. Others relish their greens when hung creatively over branches and perches so they may work at nibbling the tasty offering. On warm nights they have begun nibbling the freshly emerging foliage of my autumn-flowering colchicums. A male frogfish courts a mature female by spreading all of his fins, jerking his body, and nibbling her as she swaggers across the ocean floor. It will become the latest place for fashionable New Yorkers, who will push the pot roast around their plates while nibbling salads. He doesn't want a picture of him nibbling on a baguette to overtake the effete image of the Europhile windsurfing. And so we exist peacefully in the garden, they chasing voles and nibbling the nepeta, I digging holes and nibbling the nasturtiums. Pesky little deer nibbling at our pea flowers last week and they also found their way to the beanstalks cutting the buds off! The video shows two-year-old Sultan nibbling and gnawing on Easter bilby chocolates and he soon gets quite frustrated with the wrapping. Show More Sentences He noticed that she wasn't eating much, just nibbling on a bit of dry toast. One such outfit that is nibbling at Pentamedia's talent and market is Total Infotainment Ltd, Chennai. Divya Sreedharan asks BDA commissioner M.N.Vidyashankar why they are nibbling hungrily at the green space in the guise of urbanisation. The brightly colored fish that had been nibbling at the tips of her gloved fingers darted away. We all have green goblins, those nagging wee voices nibbling away at our fraying self-esteem and confidence. That is, some of the earlier guests talked about nibbling away Roe v Wade and other decisions at the edges, that that was only marginal. Sectarian strife, banditry, theft and moral corruption have been nibbling at the soul of our country for quite some time now. Looking up the gorge wall, I suddenly spotted an ibex nibbling at early spring shoots. They are the detestation of the Trout bottom-angler, constantly nibbling away his bait, and tantalising him with vain hopes of a bite. I love nibbling and, despite always being on the larger side, I have been a yo-yo dieter all my life. Now, the sun was nibbling away at the clouds, helped by the great solar panel beneath. Apparently, all of them are now steadily nibbling away at their overdrafts and credit card debts and supporting each other while doing it. Dow noted that the Supreme Court was already nibbling away at the death penalty. I wasn't very hungry so I just picked at my food, barely nibbling on it. In the Cavour high school in central Rome, mice run through the halls, nibbling on open wiring and nesting in the lockers. Chilly nights, I like nibbling small pieces of chocolate with a cup of hot, spicy mulled wine, enjoying the aroma of cacao, spices, and wine blending together. Afterwards, she sat nibbling on the animal crackers without saying a word. My ideal Christmas was curling up in front of an open fire, nibbling goodies from a selection box, after a meal of turkey and stuffing followed by Christmas pudding. For a good few minutes the poor pigeon struggled with his measly prize, nibbling at it in earnest, each peck accidentally flinging it over his head and way behind him. A Mexican mix has only a few ingredients but a fair amount of chili powder, and the heat factor promotes controlled nibbling. Show More Sentences Satiety improves the emotional wellbeing, exerts a satiétant effect, decreases compulsive nibbling and thus supports thinning. It's not terribly distressing to imagine being Missy, nibbling kibble and lounging on the windowsill. The man who wrote about hulking linebackers nibbling melon in the Texas dusk. Over the past two years America's politicians seem to be reconciling themselves to nibbling away at the deficit in fits and starts. We can nibble away at the edges with lots of different programs but nibbling away is not what Canadians expect of us or expect of each other. The grass with cat has digestive virtues, it will be more useful to you in apartment to safeguard your plants of nibbling of your cat-like. Day-long nibbling on food or sipping on beverages should be avoided as this can also cause cavities. By stimulating elimination, it helps your body to get rid of all that encumbers it without feeling of hunger nor nibbling. Lambs suckle the ewes' rich milk frequently at first, but begin nibbling tender plants at about two weeks of age. Elephant was chewing a branch, while Giraffe was nibbling some sweet leaves. It was in very poor body condition and was constantly nibbling at its feet. More than that, it suppresses detection of sweet tastes: a natural ally against nibbling! Well, she acknowledges, as we sit together drinking tea and nibbling chocolate digestives in the garden of their Victorian house, it is presumptuous, writing your memoirs. It was a culture nibbling on the genial jingoism of Norman Vincent Peale and being made somewhat uncomfortable by Adlai Stevenson. Zephyr sighed and took some of the rations and began nibbling on them. On the right was a long bar at which people were standing, drinking and nibbling on tapas, using the little disposal cans built into the bar at foot level. Reginald had gone off talking with a biology teacher, and Kate stood alone in a corner, nibbling on a carrot in vegetable dip she'd snitched from the table beside her. I was still nibbling the biscuits as I left for the gym, so was fairly pleased when I weighed myself there to find that I'd dropped 8.5kg in the last two weeks. I sat nervously nibbling a biscuit and waiting for her response. Feeding on the growth of after work drinking and nibbling, chicken appetizers are gaining strength based on contemporary Mexican and Asian recipes. Show More Sentences Or grow out those nails when you've been nibbling at them for years. But so far I've managed to keep the fear from nibbling at my sanity. Unfortunately, there is not enough money or park staff to stop the poaching and illegal timbering that are nibbling at the edges of the rain forest. The losses are nibbling away at Bradford's importance as a health centre. Well, the president has been nibbling on the edges of this one. Changes made by the committees really amount to nibbling at the margins. The irony of English papers nibbling into the Scottish press is that it is happening at a time when Scotland is enjoying the novelty of having its own Parliament. Yet even with housing sales and prices cooling off and online competitors nibbling at the situation's vacant revenues, he is looking to acquire more newspapers. Because of the scarcity of water and succulent vegetation in the desert, rural gardeners often find everything from skunks to javelina to coyotes nibbling at their crops. But I spent the remains of the afternoon lounging on the divan with Ali-Bab, nibbling almonds, sipping mint tea, and listening to the water bubbling merrily in his hookah. These dishes were small and neatly packaged, and before long, I found myself pecking at my food in an appraising, sensitive way, and nibbling in tiny little bites. Mealtimes encourage appetite and togetherness, but the hours in between are also ideal for nibbling. The system works well because the bird spends much of its leisure nibbling at its feathers, cleaning off any specks of dirt and rehooking the barbules. She was reading a celebrity gossip magazine while nibbling on some potato salad from purple Tupperware. After a time, there's the tetchy pacing about, the increasingly bilious nibbling, the simultaneous antsiness and flatness as the failure of the day sinks in. I'd spent my entire lunch hour thinking about my not fabby flabby bits and wobbly bobs while nibbling on an egg mayonnaise sandwich. Helps to find the line by facilitating the stop of nibbling. As the fawn grows stronger it begins to follow the mother about during her feeding and soon learns to supplement its milk diet by nibbling on succulent vegetation. Is it right to put half eaten food back into the fridge? i.e., say a half eaten lollypop back into the fridge or nibbling off the food and putting it back into the fridge. The surly nibbling at the institutions of democracy by people who have no hammer for building but only a torch for burning comes of a long line of destroyers. Show More Sentences Tirelessly, unrelentingly, this government pursues the same two objectives with each bill it introduces: first of all, nibbling away at the constitutional powers of the provinces, and second, making money. As Phin is content to flop on the ground in the position of laziness, Sydney is digging, playing, snorkelling, hiding toys and nibbling on toes. A lovely compliment to Phin's more sloth-like approach to life. How serious can we be about nibbling around the edges? Someone, at any rate, is nibbling the West's carrots. We become aware of the versatility of our tactile sense when we think of such diverse experiences as caressing, fondling, itching, nibbling, tickling, scratching, and kissing. To bluff about your knowledge or skill is to live in fear of being found out, and that is a termite nibbling away at the foundation of your hope of working efficiently. Some plants, such as bird's-foot trefoil, concoct cyanide bombs that are trip-wired to blow up in the mouths of nibbling animals. It's brilliant for slicing and nibbling when the munchies take over, and much better for you than heading to the bread bin. And who am I, an avid nacho-cheese Doritos with pinot blanc fan, to cast aspersions? I was nibbling on a Pringle when something caught my eye. Or it could have been that I was nibbling on a hashbrownie at a Canned Heat concert. Experts say compulsive overeating could mean anything from nibbling or picking on food to overeating in large amounts. The efforts in curriculum collaboration and alignment, as demonstrated by the number of projects, are admirable, but they still appear to be nibbling at the edges. Past the green, under a bush, is a pocket mouse nibbling a seed. It captured our fancy at first whiff and then broke hugely on the tongue, with smidges of nectarine, pineapple and key lime nibbling around the edges. They got in some good canoodling action waiting for the awards to start and had a cheeky snog in their award seats, with Ange even nibbling on Brad's ear. It was great for nibbling while navigating the lengthy menu with antipasti, zuppa, insalata, wood-fired pizza, pasta, calzone, panini, beef, chicken and seafood choices. Nibbling on endless mazzas, I looked around me as we gorged on these tidbits of food. Nibbling on dish after dish of tapas, mazzas Spanish style, while sipping wine, I observed my co-diners as they conversed in a leisurely style. Examples from Classical Literature He ate off the crescent of water biscuit he had been nibbling and, hungered, made ready to nibble the biscuit in his other hand. The gossips all turn from the task of nibbling one another, and the character of the lusus naturae becomes public property. Even there he was nibbling at runcorn with the idea of our great Amalgamation budding in his mind. Osman, still in his nightclothes, toddled about, nibbling a sweet-cake. At last the Rougons were nibbling at the pleasures of the wealthy! He went along a lane to a field where two cows stood nibbling at a straw stack. Patrice Egan peeps from behind, his rabbitface nibbling a quince leaf. All night long they travel, nibbling at their hard corn-bread. Four guns are nibbling at the edge of the village with their shells. Mitzi sat upon a high stool in the kitchen, nibbling a radish. And he told them of the Great Mammoths and Lizards, as long as a train, that wandered over the mountains in those times, nibbling from the tree-tops. And it seems that plants are able to distinguish which insects are nibbling on their leaves and give off the proper distress signal to attract that insect's natural enemy. A squirrel was perched on Dickon's bent back attentively nibbling a nut. Find more words! 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