Tears from her heart one of those snakes which gnaw it. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
My stomach was beginning to gnaw but I didn't dare go out. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
"My stomach was beginning to gnaw, but I didn't dare go out". From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
And he, I could tell, would gnaw on a limb if he had a chance. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
My beluved brethering, the text says "they shall gnaw a file.". From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB): Job] Reference
He'd gnaw, or pull his foot off, if we tied the trap to a tree. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
K and G are silent before n; as know, gnaw; pronounced no, naw. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
It took her the better part of an hour to gnaw through the bone. From Wordnik.com. [Intolerable Impositions] Reference
Elmer was pleased to see him sit up on his haunches and begin to gnaw at. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
The wolf may gnaw at the vitals, but a hostess must wear a smiling face. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
“I'm always in your bed,” I say, letting him gnaw at my neck, my ear. From Wordnik.com. [Snake Dreams] Reference
He soon learned to reach up on his hind legs and gnaw the standing plant. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
An inclination to gnaw or swallow indigestible objects is sometimes noted. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
THOMPKINS: If Luka Marial Hol were a coyote, he'd gnaw off a paw to be free. From Wordnik.com. [Many In Southern Sudan Long For Independence] Reference
If that isn't enough, the hippos also lick and gnaw at the crocodiles 'armor. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Hippo Licks Crocodile (VIDEO)] Reference
They burrowed under the snow until they could gnaw them, and thus they released us. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska] Reference
"Oh, gnaw them out of a tree!" cried Mr. Pertell, who was much disturbed and nervous. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference
One of the mules would gnaw every line in two you tied him with, an 'the other could not be rode. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
They will gnaw any fresh binding, whether of cloth, board, or leather, to get at the coveted food. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
My teeth are chattering, because I just want to jump onto his face and gnaw off those Sasquatch brows. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
They will also gnaw some books, and even pamphlets, without any apparent temptation of a succulent nature. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
Not to mention all the bugs they have in the rain forests -- those critters can just gnaw a tree into nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Diary ...] Reference
She brings her thumb to teeth, gnaws where there's nothing left to gnaw, sorrowful nails bitten down to nothing. From Wordnik.com. [A Knobby Thing] Reference
Stevens often acted as if he'd been slighted, and his political defeats seemed to gnaw at him, sometimes for decades. From Wordnik.com. [What I learned reporting on Alaska's ??Uncle Ted' Stevens] Reference
He wanted his bonsai to the point where it was starting to gnaw on him, somewhere in the vicinity of his right shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Garden] Reference
Reporter Steve Hartman was caught off guard by a hungry camel who started to gnaw on his car and then his arm during filming. From Wordnik.com. [Camel Tries To Eat Reporter (VIDEO)] Reference
The eggs hatch in about a week and the young larvae or caterpillars begin at once to gnaw their way into the core of the fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
I stare ahead at the road and the lights and the other cars coming toward us, and I gnaw on my lip so hard it almost makes me cry. From Wordnik.com. [Why We Came to Target at 9:58 on a Monday Night] Reference
A baby is crying in its stroller and its mother takes him out and holds him, giving him a toy duck to gnaw on. From Wordnik.com. [13 Halloweens] Reference
In Dante's famous "Inferno," the Italian poet condemns the legendary Count Ugolino della Gherardesca to gnaw on a skull for eternity. From Wordnik.com. [Dante And The Cannibal Count] Reference
And Rabbit showed Deer a black locust twig, of which rabbits gnaw the young shoots, which he had shaved off as well as a knife could do it. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of the Great Plains] Reference
If you consider Steve Dibert's article on the possible insolvency of Bank of America the speculative theories begin to gnaw at your psyche. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Zombeck: Serving Your Country? Bank of America Wants Your House...At Any Cost.] Reference
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