Mr. Smith looked up and saw old Whitey, who had turned about, and was reaching forward to get a nibble of the hay.
The little Country Mouse liked the taste so much that he could hardlynibble fast enough.
The little City Mouse gnawed a hole in the bag and invited his friend to nibble for himself.
After much tugging and pulling they got a large dried prune out of the jar on to the shelf and began to nibble at it.
The babies began at once tonibble hungrily at the tender bark of willow and alder.
His big stomach demanded quantity, and it took him most of his time to nibble from the tops of bushes the two or three bushels he needed a day.
Let us firstnibble holes in the boats; it will be good practice, and we should succeed in the course of the night in effecting our purpose," exclaimed the previous speaker.
I shall watch for the result with intense interest, and have made up my mind to have a nibble at their livers and other bits of their insides.
He had tried all day to nibble through it, and dig under it, but the wire had only hurt his teeth without giving way a particle.
Beneath this the girl stopped a moment, and let Bumper nibble at the green grass.
In the morning the dog was prevailed upon to lap a saucer of warm milk, and even to nibble at a crust of soaked bread.
Peter dropped his soft nose over Roger's shoulders, and ate the bacon rinds one by one, then crowding still closer, tried to nibble at the cracker Roger was devouring.
Felicia blinked back the tears and began to nibble her breakfast.
John's insult was all the greater because out of Lincoln none of the bishop's people was ever allowed to nibble one crumb of the alms.
West obeyed, and their ponies began to nibble the herbage.
But eat your breakfast, and I'll nibble mine while I watch.
The Philanthus will nibble at the throat and squeeze the sides in vain: the honey will not rise to the mouth so long as a vestige of life keeps the crop closed.
Excessive hunger cannot induce it to nibble at an unlawful spot.
Thus we see no lack of ability, but an obstinate refusal to nibble at a point which ought to be respected.
Long and curved, they nibble at the paralysed victim's neck, sometimes from above, sometimes from below.
They had seen horses nibble leaves, and they expected Whitey to nibble the leaves of this branch, but his ravenous condition did not allow him time for cool discriminations.
The geese in troops come droving up, Nibble the weeds, and take a sup; And, closely puzzled to agree, Chatter like gossips over tea.
They sit around and munch chocolate or take rolls from their bags and nibble those between the acts or eat pretzels.
Jo opened the bag, fished out a pretzel and began to nibble it.
I'll take a bite before I go and nibble something after I get back.
I had got so far and had to nibble again at my pencil for further inspiration, when the door opened and my landlady appeared.
There are worse things than having a fox nibbleat your vitals--Nancy knew.
It is not the bones of our foes we nibble in these enlightened days!
Not the four-legged, dangerous kind, but the two-legged ones who drink tea and nibble biscuits.
He turned away indifferently and began to nibble at some tough grass stems which he had brought down in case of a rainy day.
No, sir; if you want to get rid of that paper without much trouble, just you give out that you don't care if you do go on to the Cape; maybe a nibble will come from that.
Then he dropped the bridle on his horse's neck and listlessly let the animal nibble at the leaves on the side of the road for a long time.
The Dakotas believe that when the moon is full, a great number of small mice begin to nibble on one side.
All at once there was a little shake and nibble on Laddie's line.
Then he poured some of the sugar out from the bag on the ground, and the sheep began to nibble at it.
Nibble the bark, or a bit of cherry wood, a leaf, or the tip of the root, and you get the same Prussic acid taste.
In winter they nibble the dainty green buds, or dig away the snow at the roots to get a morsel of the aromatic bark.
Nibble a leaf or twig or bit of bark, and you get that unforgettable taste, that stays on the tongue longer than we like.
His policy of attack is to hang on to the shirt and to nibble at the occupant.
We had to "kip" with our greatcoats pulled up over our heads, and then the beggars would go down and nibble at our boots.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nibble" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
