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Sentence Examples I got him, with one that nipped back, even though I was trying to bowl an outswinger. It happened again the next morning as I nipped down to the postbox at the corner of my road. I nipped across the first part in a gap in the traffic, then waited for the green man. He nipped at me and made it abundantly clear that I was not to touch him during feeding time. I nipped over to see if I could squeeze on the bus, but found the compact upstairs compartment a bit too, well, whiffy. Groaning, I could only squirm as more winds of biting cold nipped at my body. He nipped playfully at my ear, as he got the last of the blood off of my gleaning coat. The two enjoyed several awkward moments of guy-ness on opposite sides of the living room, while Shadow nipped at them both. Thundering Glory seemed to know what was wrong, because he nickered and nipped at the bottom of my shirt. I'd arrange for visitors over that weekend, and if he nipped at a visitor, I would make sure he understood I was very displeased. The gull waited until she had come close enough, and then nipped at her fingers. They chase off clownfish that don't fit into the hierarchy and many scuba divers tell anecdotes of being nipped at if they venture too close. I nipped between the two a number of times throughout the day, interspersing Thai treats with Spanish salsa. Just now I nipped around to Debenhams in Oxford to check out their so-called One Day Spectacular. We bade the ladies a good morning, touched our caps, shot our cuffs and nipped up the hill towards the Bar on the track. We nipped back to Arrochar and had a spicy beanburger and chips at the take-away and a pint in the Loch Long Hotel for old times sake. When he nipped to the loo, I managed to microfilm details of his latest report to his troops which he calls Gremlins. With plastic surgery becoming so common it's getting harder and harder to tell who has been nipped, tucked, pulled and shellacked. So I nipped back inside smartish and flipped the switch, then back out to check that it was bubbling away and filling the bowl. Just nipped out for a sandwich and saw former rapper and sometime footballer, John Barnes, walking down Pall Mall. Show More Sentences What has happened to Sheila's tree every year is that it has been nipped by a late frost. Havelock North topped the list with a 6-degree freeze, while Dannevirke was nipped by a 5.2-degree frost. Elaine shivered as the winter winds nipped at her nose, hair rising on the back of her neck. But they did and because the weather has been mild, Jane hasn't had to worry about new leaves being nipped by late frosts. It was so cold that the frost nipped at your nose while wrapped in a scarf. Tree seedlings, wildflowers, and shrubs were nipped off as soon as they germinated. The one thing to remember is not to eat the head, so the grub is held by that end and the remainder is nipped off. At that point Harry Cat decided to make a dash for freedom and nipped between our legs like a little bit of furry lightning. I stayed about an hour just enjoying the activity, then nipped back to the car park between showers. So I nipped into the museum and after a quick look round, high tailed out the back door and found a bus. Having rushed around all day, we nipped out for a takeaway, mixed kebab meat, sausage and chips with garlic mayo and it was delicious. If customers are to feel confident about patronising those places they need to know that any trouble will be nipped in the bud. I hope this thing is nipped in the bud and does not happen to any other councillor. Fortunately, though through no action of yourself, the plot was nipped in the bud. But moves to regulate the market at this stage could have presumably nipped incipient problems in the bud. The chill in the air nipped at my flesh as the Temple Elder draped a clock of virgin white over my shoulders and led me to Her altar. Grand Slam, Pique, Repiqued and capotted, call it what you will but you have nipped the demon of insurgence and despair in the bud. With a silent apology, Beth nipped off a few leaves from the potted sage, oregano, and tarragon and chopped them up finely and set them aside. But his good work was nipped due to power hungry petty politics in sport, which is the bane in most sport bodies, here. Ganjou nipped his hand and then unhinged his jaw in a sick parody of a human smile. Show More Sentences However, at least as interoperability goes, Google has cleverly nipped most practical objections in the bud. Saints' demise was complete when Adam nipped the ball away from Sadio Mané in the box and swept a volley past Davis. The weasel yanked a bowie knife out of a sheath on his hip and threw it at Lee, who nipped it neatly out of the air, and sent it thudding into the earth at the weasel's feet. Some attempted thefts by insiders were nipped in the bud, others beat the security and accounting systems, but were caught trying to sell the material. He was brought on to bowl with Fleming and Astle in full flight, and struck with his fifth delivery, which nipped in to beat the left-hander's bat and knock off the bails. What if it has been left there by someone who's nipped to the loo? Michel Bastos, Brazil's left back, nipped constantly like a terrier at the heels of Robben. On my way out of the polling station, I nipped ahead of a flustered looking woman with a double-wide pushchair in order to hold the swinging door open for her. Such tendencies should be firmly brought under control and nipped in the bud. It was a rather creative effort to market a product that was nipped in the bud and not allowed to be competitive. The initial impetus in this direction was nipped in the bud on 13 May 2005, with brute force that claimed the lives of hundreds of demonstrators. Apparently there have even been discussions of this being tapped as a renewable energy source, but those darn lobbyists soon nipped that idea in the bud. The doors slid open sideways, and Ves, taking just a step inside, was lucky not to get nipped on the backside as the doors closed shut, tightly behind him. He nipped gently at my ear, then took off, vanishing into the starlit sky. Luckily, as filming wrapped up no one had been nipped, and the penguins we safely returned to their carriers. By saying that the parties have agreed that he and he alone may be trusted, Kerry has nipped that in the bud. Last week, the Vikings nipped the Packers with a field goal as time expired. The hyenas nipped at his bandaged arm, trying to rile him up. A crab had nipped at my toe but it hadn't taken the whole thing off. As I moved within her, Mina nipped at my ear, mewling softly. Show More Sentences The dogs nipped at her heels, the silver dusk rose up as her feet sped on. Well, it was lunch time, and I'd not taken breakfast, and it was over forty years since I last had one, so I gave in to temptation and nipped in for a chip buttie. Selfish interests of pressure-groups are to be nipped in the bud. For the next man, I lined up to bowl an outswinger but it must have been the earliest known case of reverse swing, because it nipped back in and bowled him. There is also peace where one element does not dominate so much as subjugates the rest of the society, and where any signs of dissension are nipped in the bud. So, I nipped out to the shops again and bought myself a Dyson. Changing at Newcastle, we'd nipped out to visit the cathedral and stumbled across a cracking piece of public art. Risks therefore need to be identified early, assessed scientifically and nipped in the bud. Quality of pulping I: What proportion of un-pulped cherries and, on the other side, nipped beans do you accept in your operation? When European law and fairness are under attack, we must make a clear stand, for these things must be nipped in the bud. Large ethnic groups have been oppressed and any opposition nipped in the bud. Early detection means problems can be nipped in the bud before they become a major threat. Any hesitation or weakening in the policy should therefore be firmly nipped in the bud. Unfortunately, it fundamentally nipped the South Korean military in the bud from forming its own independent defense strategy. He had to drive on to Albany, particularly since the season was becoming advanced and autumn nipped the air. Potts nipped away, unsleeved a brittle record, Beethoven, something traditional, and set the adagio movement from the seventh into slow, crackling motion. The bitter wind rustled the leaves and nipped at her fragile bones. I switched the torch off, nipped outside for a pee and had a think. Madrid continued to push and were desperately close to a second when Ronaldo nipped in front of the goalkeeper only to fire into the side-netting from a tight angle. Footitt found classic inswing from the start, which meant moving the ball away from the left-handed Cook, although the other Essex opener Jaik Mickleburgh was undone by one that then nipped in the other direction. Show More Sentences We controlled most of the game and nipped the crowd's vociferousness in the bud. The socially disadvantaged must be better integrated into working life and discrimination in employment and the workplace must be nipped in the bud. Dylan Skee nipped over two minutes in, and within seven minutes James Anthony and replacement Louis Robinson had added further tries. After that I nipped back to France to make a few improvements. The military tailoring, in olive cotton twill and navy wool, with nipped waists and charmeuse, recalled his early designs. We think it is something that should be nipped in the bud and stopped. Time without number, Seedorf nipped a Spurs attack in the bud. Easier to endure was her ticklish tongue bath of his toes anytime he shed the ugly Nikes that Biller had given him, though she sometimes nipped between them with a fang in her eagerness to root out the sour traces. The neat, nipped collars of his tightly fitted silk dresses certainly mirrored the shape of a traditional cheongsam dress, only some of his had sexy keyhole cutouts at the neckline. Loo out for slim pencil skirts as well as nipped in waist print dressess, Peter pan and funnel neck collars and sharp-as-a-tack tailored jackets. In a previous episode, the PM nipped to a train's buffet car but left his red box, full of official papers, on a table. The prospect of enlargement therefore makes it a matter of urgency to reduce this hurdle to one-third, or else this directive's good beginnings will be nipped in the bud. This is why we should risk dangerous spiritual impoverishment to allow so many flowers of the human mind, some of them hardly recorded yet, to be nipped for all time. Uzbekistan is ready for radical change, but the initial impetus in this direction by demonstrators was nipped in the bud on 13 May, with brute force that claimed hundreds of lives. Kumar Sangakkara had tried desperately to ignite the innings with flashes of ambition only to be caught by Suresh Raina – the second slip's third successive victim – as Sharma nipped Sri Lanka's innings in the bud. Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh? If the good Saint Dunstan had but nipped the Evil Spirit's nose with a touch of such weather as that, instead of using his familiar weapons, then indeed he would have roared to lusty purpose. The tone-on-tone shirts and nipped waists on ventless midnight blue jackets seemed more characteristic of a snappy Neapolitan than the sober gents of Milan. Raf Simons's nipped waists displayed a range of Sixties references. The staff tending the deep-fat fryers and counters are as eager as any London cabbie to tell you about the football and snooker players and soap-opera stars who have nipped in for a coffee or a pee. Show More Sentences He went upstairs and changed into a fresh pair of strides, nipped into the bathroom and gave his hands and face a quick rinse and threw on a clean pullover. Immediately Nick Brandsih cushioned the ball round the defender and Richard Newman nipped in to clip a shot over the outrushing goalkeeper to put Copsewood into the lead. Examples from Classical Literature The driver did as he was bade willingly enough, and Haigh nipped down and levered out the stone with his knife. The countrywoman's fear of the Jail nipped and bit eagerly at her unwilling heels. And she swished her tail over her back as she nipped the daisies from their stems. Then he pulled himself up on his pillow, reaching thin hands out to the spotted dog which nipped playfully at him. The scratches on his own flesh were not serious, though they nipped a little at first movement. The griper was in the same dangerous predicament, and there appeared every probability that she would be nipped and destroyed. Some gained the forest where the crystalline ray crisped the overgrowth into black ashes as it nipped at their singed heels. A Hayward penalty took it to 22-6 at the interval and soon afterwards centre Jonathan Hawker nipped over and Hayward converted. The inner tube had nipped because we skidded so,' Leggatt interrupted. If the skin or rind is rough, and cannot he nipped, it is old. But, as fate would have it, our little barney was nipped in the bud. So bitted as to enable the cable to be nipped or rendered with ease. Roberts answered, breezing in with an apology which I nipped. In the long chase of the night she had got out of line with her consorts, and nipped in between the Susquehanna and the Kansas City. I found him trying to miche, and nipped him as he was skulking off. I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched. D'Urberville looked round upon her, nipped his cigar with the tips of his large white centre-teeth, and allowed his lips to smile slowly of themselves. The piece of glass broken out at the corner of the window just nipped off the bare heel of the boy standing motionless and looking with rapt eyes into the face of the Christ. But West Ham also looked dangerous and Sakho alertly nipped in between Hugo Lloris and Eric Dier as the ball bounced between them and headed goalwards. Of course, in playing together, the cubs had often nipped Mowgli harder than they intended, and there were white scars all over his arms and legs. Show More Sentences The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. The tender shoots and the expanding flowers are nipped and withered, and of a vine that yearned to stretch its tendrils round the world there is left but a sapless stump. Find more words! 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