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Example sentences for "nibbles"

Lexicographically close words:
niang; niata; nibbed; nibble; nibbled; nibbling; nible; niblick; nibong; nibs
  1. Sitting straight up on a mossy log the chipmunk holds in his paws a bit of bread thrown from somebody's basket, nibbles at it for a while and then makes a dash for the thicket, carrying the bread in his mouth.

  2. If it is a whole one, he nibbles all around it.

  3. Then he playfully nibbles her back, joyfully flings up his heels, and careers wildly round the paddock, neighing shrilly as he goes, his long tail floating in the breeze.

  4. He is evidently on good terms with his charges, for one playfully nibbles his broad back, whilst the other tries to steal his red pocket-handkerchief.

  5. I think a paragraph could be constructed on nibbles which would create more amazement and produce a greater sensational effect in diplomatic circles than anything that ever appeared in a treaty.

  6. Illustration] Perhaps a clause in the treaty upon the general subject of nibbles might be of service.

  7. The introduction of the subject of nibbles to international law would give that science refreshing variety and probably prevent devastating wars.

  8. Nibbles would be furious if he knew--luckily he doesn't.

  9. But Nibbles wouldn't like me to stop here philandering with Fairy Princes--even if they aren't quite the real thing.

  10. It nibbles the walls enclosing it, enlarging its lodgment, which is always entirely filled by its corpulent body.

  11. Isolated in its narrow chamber, each grub nibbles the substance around it, peacefully and parsimoniously.

  12. I suppose no Englishman will ever dare write the real history of that year.

  13. Cousin Dempster's earnestness has impressed me with apprehension and melancholy; he places this subject before me in a new light.

  14. They were nibbling nibbles at the two lions there of cheese.

  15. I gave them nibbles of food from the other apron pocket.

  16. William Shakespeare does have such a fondness for poetry and nibbles of grass and apples and sugar-lumps.

  17. While he did nibble nibbles I did tell him poems.

  18. Nibbles looked up to observe the strangest-looking little chap that he had ever set eyes on.

  19. Anyway, when Tweaty poked Nibbles in the ribs, it was a pretty hard poke.

  20. Nibbles and Tweaty hurriedly went to a nearby maple tree and gnawed at its trunk for a time.

  21. Hootsey could not be sure if Nibbles was being a "smart alec" or was just paying him a complement.

  22. He had befriended Nibbles at a young age, and it had been Nibbles who had introduced him to Tweaty.

  23. Elephant and Nibbles and Tweaty and Hootsey and Ozma and Lisa all looked at each other with despair and foreboding.

  24. It was Tweaty who first noticed him and nudged Nibbles in the ribs.

  25. But this is Oz, where everyone is equal," Nibbles pointed out.

  26. Nibbles and I agree that, though she is very young, Princess Ozma shows a lot of promise as Oz's new leader.

  27. They are of a bulbous shape with very long legs that can move at the speed of light--" At this point Nibbles intercepted Hootsey's graphic description.

  28. Elephant then lowered his trunk to allow Nibbles to jump aboard and be lifted up behind Ozma.

  29. Oddly, neither Nibbles nor Tweaty felt the slightest tinge of fear at the sight of the cat.

  30. It was fortunate that Tweaty could fly, but unfortunate that Nibbles could not.

  31. For four or five days, almost without a break, the cannibal nibbles at his murdered comrade.

  32. The section of an inflexible straight line that represents it nibbles away a little wood in front of it and obtains a shallow cavity wide enough to allow of a very slight turn towards the outside.

  33. You have dabbled at travel, like a school-girl nibbles at chocolates.

  34. Maybe I was still nibbling at travel as the school-girl nibbles at chocolates.

  35. The Spider comes rushing up, binds the prey, nibbles at it gently and withdraws, waiting for the bite to take effect.

  36. If you but shake the whip over her she angrily nibbles at Corn-flower's nose.

  37. Like the Calander-beetle, which nibbles the wheat in our granaries but despises the cereal while still on the stalk, it abhors the bean while tender, and prefers to establish itself in the peace and darkness of the storehouse.

  38. In the midst of their duet the pair toss their heads about, catch hold of each other's beaks, and give quick little emotional nibbles at the feathers of their throats or breasts.

  39. Then it lifts it up and jodels more loudly; then, stooping again, preens the chick's head and face a little with the point of its bill, and nibbles at it affectionately.

  40. I have thought it all over, and I am determined that all through the year I shall eat only three meals a day with five nibbles between times.

  41. The hare nibbles the flower, the vulture seizes the hare, the hunter slays the vulture, the lion fells the hunter, the worm devours the lion.

  42. The hare nibbles the root, the vulture devours the hare, the hunter shoots the vulture, the lion fells the hunter, and the worm eats the lion.

  43. Them cows what nibbles up the grass, jest nibbles up the gold.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nibbles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.