How To Use Gnaw at In A Sentence
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They are in fact truths, and the truth will continue to gnaw at Tony's soul until he owns up to it.
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When I make coffee the black tar on his teeth seems to gnaw at me.
The Tortilla Curtain (copy)
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It has already begun to gnaw at the foundations of Caribbean societies and economies with the tragic loss of human potential and productivity.
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But it's a challenge he does not intend to repeat because of the hours of training which have to be devoted to building up stamina - although he did admit on Tuesday that the thought of beating his time was beginning to gnaw at him.
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It takes root, festers, begins to gnaw at my soul.
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But the very use of lawsuit tactics is going to gnaw at me for some time.
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There was a soft purr and then Kino jumped onto the counter top and began to gnaw at the slab of pepperoni that was lying on the cutting board.
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We will once more stand against the uncivilised cowards who gnaw at the soul of our democracies.
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And in the meantime, the continued refusal to acknowledge that things just aren't working out begins to gnaw at you.
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Here, I can confess that I see sickness like a violent weed growing everywhere, in the rubbish bins that puff out ash clouds, in the dirty puddles that ooze in the streets, in the breath of the gin ladies who hang about the sidewalk, in the dead cats, the hungry mice that gnaw at the walls, when I go walking in the park and see packs of stray dogs making garbage of the city.
Deadly
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He wondered if April knew that the chain would nip and gnaw at the hair on his chest.
PEARL COVE
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There are several phrases, tossed about casually in everyday conversation, which gnaw at the part of my brain that processes logic, driving me to anger and frustration.
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The porcupine will gnaw at the base of the maize stalk and drop it, and in doing so is able to get to the maize cob.
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He wondered if April knew that the chain would nip and gnaw at the hair on his chest.
PEARL COVE
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Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.
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What the revolutionaries did not foresee was that these changes would soon gnaw at the very heart of their conservative base.
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I feel the discontent crawl up and gnaw at my insides.
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The cat began to gnaw at the skin of the dead snake.
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Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.
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I don't know if you have a copy of that book but it's one of the few scraps that fans can gnaw at until they put out full reprints.
The Googlemeister Is In
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As the tides push and suck at the shores, glaciers gnaw at mountains and rivers scour gaping canyons out of gullies, one sees plain evidence of the earth's state of continual transition.
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He had never known words could hurt this much, that they could gnaw at him, cause so much pain.
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In this densely populated city there are bound to be rare cases of octogenarians abandoned by their children, cases that gnaw at the consciences of upright people.
