He sat and nibbled it, and then put his head on one side, looked at her, wrinkled his forehead, and then nibbled again, in the most companionable manner.
Here she nibbled her thread with white teeth, and held up what she had been sewing to view the effect of a bow of riband, with her head very much on one side.
Something or someone had stolen into the nursery that night when the dolls were asleep and nibbled all the wax from Jeanette's beautiful face--and now all her beauty was gone!
True, she has been nibbled by mice, who have made nests out of the soft cotton with which she has been stuffed, but Raggedy smiled just as broadly when the mice nibbled at her, for her smile is painted on.
Aren't you the little mouse whonibbled Jeanette's wax face?
When all were gone he split open the burr, sucked out the juice, then nibbled up the soft center.
He handled it very carefully to guard against pricks and very daintily nibbled off, one by one, the tiny daggers.
She did not look the part this afternoon, standing before the fire in her library, negligently holding a cup of tea in one hand, while she nibbled gourmandizingly at a frosted cake.
Upon this he nibbled first one piece and then the other, till the poor cats, seeing their cheese in a fair way to be all eaten up, most humbly begged him not to put himself to any further trouble, to give them what still remained.
The more she bit the more they bled, Until upon herself she fed; And as she nibbled day by day, The fingers slowly wore away.
He found some jelly cake so nice, This naughty little mouse; He nibbled first, then in a trice 'Twas gone from dollie's house.
Ang ilagà mauy mitúhib sa kísu, A mousenibbled at the cheese.
A; a12] pull a fishing line with a jerk to hook a fish that nibbled at the bait.
Hingsibsiban ang rúsas sa kanding, The goatnibbled at my rosebush.
Ang punúan sa kapáyas gikibkiban sa bábuy, The pig has nibbled away at the trunk of the papaya tree.
Ilagà ang nagkitkit sa kísu, A rat nibbledat the cheese.
But the wizard nibbled at the bait, put a chain round Tom's neck, and went to have a look at the treasure.
The Mice in time got to be very friendly, and plucked and nibbled at their feline friend.
When he saw me coming, he rapidly removed two hickory nuts from which he had nibbled the sharp points at each end, and popped into his hole, leaving the nuts high, but not dry, outside.
Instantly the little nose stopped quivering, and Mousy sat up like a squirrel on the back of Trottie's hand and nibbled away until the piece was all gone.
Given a bit of bread, he sat up and nibbled it like a little squirrel; but even as he ate he suddenly had a spasm of fright and died.
When he found that I did not move, he sat up on my shoe like a little squirrel and nibbled away at his crumb, watching me all the time out of a corner of his black eyes.
Yonder by the limes the rabbits ventured out for a stray bunch of grass not quite covered by the drift, tired, no doubt, of the bitter bark of the ash-rods that they had nibbled in the night.
We bought some brooms--one of them was left on the kitchen floor, and the tame rabbit nibbled it; it proved to be heather.
To see an airy monarch drowned, To them was something new Some gave a quick, astonished look, And darted swift away; While some his parting plumage shook, And nibbled him for prey.
On his starting and sickening at the sight, one of Moipu's young men picked up a human foot, and provocatively staring at the stranger, grinned and nibbled at the heel.
I had not yet encountered Mr. Stewart, or I should have been reminded of his first landing at Atuona and the humorist who nibbled at the heel.
But when I came back to the farm and found that the noble forest had dwindled to a small wood-lot that had no young trees in it--because the cattle had nibbled down all seedlings for many years--I was seized by a rage for planting.
A couple of days ago it was noticed that she was off her feed--that she only nibbled at the blue grass when it was put in her manger.
He found them both at last; the lake was a still and lonely water surrounded by green meadows, where flocks of sheep nibbled the sweet lush grass.
Their favorite nourishment is the seed-cake; apples also are freely taken, and sometimes raw carrots are nibbled when food is scarce.
No, rats would have nibbled crust and all, and never lifted it up and scooped out the fruit.
Never thinking of danger, he obeyed the impulse, and while Charlie unsuspectinglynibbled at the apple he held, Dan quickly and quietly took his seat.
Pincher fancied shrimps to start with; but Emmeline, who had her own ideas as to how a lady should behave, scorned the more substantial eatables, and nibbled daintily at a piece of thin bread and jam.
Every one of them took a small piece, wished the occupants of the mess 'A Happy Christmas,' nibbled the cake or whatever it was, and then hastily secreted the remains in his pocket.
Thereupon I nibbled off the corners of the scallops till the cookie was round and smooth again.
Thereupon I lay down again and nibbled the tablets in the berth.
Adele and Jo, the literaries, nibbledtheir fountain-pens.
Here the ice was rotten at the top, where the thaw had nibbled at it, but beneath it was still a full eight inches thick; easily strong enough to bear the Boy's weight.
It is hard to dream, when a tiny furry whirlwind is charging at one or is professing to believe that one's white fingers are a mortal foe to be nibbled and threatened.
William looked on in bewilderment whilst the quill of Mr. Morris went squeaking across the paper, or he nibbled the feather end of the pen in a pause for thought, or for an answer to a question.
He ran along the shelf and nibbled at a cheese here, and a bit of butter there, until he saw an especially rich, very delicious-smelling piece of cheese on a queer little stand in a corner.
The two little mice nibbled and nibbled, and the Country Mouse thought he had never tasted anything so delicious in his life.
The goats eat cytisus and myrtle on the shore; a whole flock gathered round me as I sat beneath a tuft of golden green euphorbia the other day, and nibbled bread from my hands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nibbled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
