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Example sentences for "nibs"

Lexicographically close words:
nibbles; nibbling; nible; niblick; nibong; nibus; nica; nice; nicee; nicely
  1. As it is impossible to granulate the nibs without the admixture of some other substance, those makers who declare that their granulated cocoas are perfectly pure do not act honestly towards their customers.

  2. From cocoa nibs and sufficient sugar and arrow-root to keep the fatty particles from forming a pasty mass.

  3. This is formed by grinding the nibs in a mill, consisting of two cones, working one inside the other.

  4. From cocoa nibs and substances which are readily soluble or diffusible in water, ground together.

  5. Now Nibs rose from the ground, and the others thought that his staring eyes still saw the wolves.

  6. And we have killed her,' Nibs said hoarsely.

  7. You are to get up, Tink,' Nibs called, 'and take Wendy on a journey.

  8. Nibs bent over her and listened reverently.

  9. I do like a mother's love,' said Tootles, hitting Nibs with a pillow.

  10. As the pirates advanced, the quick eye of Starkey sighted Nibs disappearing through the wood, and at once his pistol flashed out.

  11. Nibs had to knock twice before he got an answer, though Tink had really been sitting up in bed listening for some time.

  12. Nibs and John were first and second mate.

  13. You may see the twins and Nibs and Curly any day going to an office, each carrying a little bag and an umbrella.

  14. He hasn't even begun to drink his milk,' Nibs interposed.

  15. Once more the boys emerged into the open; but the dangers of the night were not yet over, for presently Nibs rushed breathless into their midst, pursued by a pack of wolves.

  16. A wedge, as the iron wedge fastening the ring of the scythe nibs in place, or the wooden wedge or cleat which secures the head of an axe or hammer.

  17. It dwells in fairly deep water, standing on its nibs half buried in the sand, like a wedge, and moving slowly about.

  18. Even where the authorities were unprejudiced they were helpless to interfere; and as a rule they were as bitter against the Black Nibs as the populace themselves.

  19. The Black Nibs were the persons who agitated against the French war; and the public feeling against them ran strong and deep.

  20. In Thrums the local Black Nibs were burned in effigy, and whenever they put their heads out of doors they risked being stoned.

  21. So his nibs sends me mustering again, about as far off as he can, while he comes in to get Miss Pryse to give me the sack.

  22. Messmates you join his nibs in the chorus.

  23. It's 'is bloomin' little nibs with the broke arm, and not a damned drop does he get from me!

  24. If sharpened from the upper side, that is, the side toward the shank, the nibs will tend to become shorter.

  25. Two sharp nibs on either side score the circle, out of which the lips cut the shavings, which are then carried out of the hole by the main screw of the tool.

  26. Nibs look smart," Bindle muttered to himself, as he caught sight of Charlie Dixon standing at the further end of the chapel.

  27. He once told me how many nibs his uncle made in a year; luckily I have forgotten.

  28. Of course, he had had the nibs every term.

  29. The pure cacao nibs (once an important article of commerce) proceed to the blenders and thence to the grinding mill.

  30. The nibs produced may be used as they are, or they may be first ground to "mass" by means of mill-stones as described above.

  31. It is amusing to stand and watch the continuous stream of nibs rushing down, like hail in a storm, into the screw conveyor.

  32. A battery of horizontal grinding mills, by which the cacao nibs are ground to paste (Messrs.

  33. Nibs was quite sure, and almost at once they saw Wendy flying through the trees in her white nightgown.

  34. Then Nibs told the Boys how he had seen the loveliest white bird you could imagine.

  35. In the next process the beans are gently crushed and winnowed, whereby the light shells are removed, and after removal by sifting of the "germs" the beans are left in the form of the irregular cocoa-nibs occasionally seen in shops.

  36. This fat is extracted from the carefully ground nibs by employing great hydraulic pressure in heated presses.

  37. Cocoa-nibs may be infused with water and drunk, but for most people the beverage is too rich, containing the whole of the cacao-fat or cacao-butter.

  38. At last she's seen enough an' sherries her nibs to d' cat'edral.

  39. I wonder what part of N' Yawk His Nibs yanked these babies from?

  40. We'll do a prowl, over that way, and if His Nibs tries any more funny business mebbe a few slugs outta this rod will change his mind for him.

  41. Seeing his nibs ain't my long suit these days.

  42. Nothing, my dear, only to ask if his Nibs was flourishin'," and with a gurgle of delight the aeroplane soared towards the ceiling.

  43. Supper finished and his Nibs put to bed, Tims proceeded to enjoy his pipe and evening paper, whilst Mrs. Tims got out her sewing.

  44. Bramah patented quill nibs made by splitting quills and cutting the semicylinders into sections which were shaped into pens and adapted to be placed in a holder.

  45. Hawkins and Mordan, in 1823, made nibs of horn and tortoise shell, instead of quill.

  46. Mordan's oblique pen, English patent, 1831, was designed to present the nibs in the right direction while preserving the customary positions of the pen and hand.

  47. Break off the frame, leaving the metal rims and nibs at each end.

  48. Place these over the eyepiece of the telescope and secure in place with rubber bands looped over the nibs and around the barrel of the instrument.

  49. At this psychological moment His Nibs appeared.

  50. I believe when I come back from the wars and beg an answer from Annie that His Nibs will be willing.

  51. Gather up this mazuma, Watson, and give His Nibs a receipt for it, as we are both after the coin, only you haven't got the nerve to admit it.

  52. His Nibs can't very well fire her, can he?

  53. The time now approaches when we shall accomplish the recovery of the sixth and seventh stolen piece of glass for His Nibs the Earl!

  54. Wait a moment, may be we can fix up a race," he cried, and pushing through the crowd he ran across the street to a confectionery store, where Nibs had gone with Billy for a soda.

  55. Nibs Morey and Jimmy Hulburt sat in silence for a space.

  56. All right," Nibs agreed, and arm in arm with his backer he issued into the street, clutching his mackintosh about him.

  57. In one of the carriages was Nibs Morey's sister Wilma.

  58. Nibs Morey had defeated Billy Shaw; and a stranger who had sprung from the earth had defeated Nibs as no man before had ever been defeated.

  59. The event that Nibs longed for was only a week away, and his friend seemed to take rare delight in deriding the hardihood that had prompted the posting of the challenge.

  60. Nibs asked eagerly, passing lightly over Jimmy's expression of what appeared at least superficially to be a definite opinion.

  61. When Jimmy, learning the way of the wind, informed his friend of the odds against him, with all the coldness of a perfect enmity, Nibs experienced his first twinge of uneasiness.

  62. He lends old nibs and half-sheets of paper, and requires the borrower to give him back new nibs and foolscap sheets.


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