Noun : the gnawings of hunger. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to gnaw a hole through the wall. From Dictionary.com.
He went home afterwards, a dull pain gnawing at his heart, striving to reconcile. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER 8] Reference
She was young, too, though no one guessed it; so the gnawing was the fiercer. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861] Reference
Graduates who have taken a little too long to leave the nest are said to be "gnawing" on their parents (kenlaozhu). From Wordnik.com. [The Foreign Devil's Dictionary] Reference
"I think there's a kind of gnawing stress of keeping a part of yourself hidden.". From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Mr. Goldinger said it is "gnawing" at him that the loss of the grant also is impacting VOICe. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
You should also make sure the hamster has things he can chew on within his cage, such as gnawing blocks and cardboard tubes. From Wordnik.com. Reference
In a call with reporters, Paterson said the idea of handing off a plan for layoffs to the next governor was "gnawing" at him. From Wordnik.com. [Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals] Reference
The four-legged molanchoe practiced gnawing on tires. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Park (Part II)] Reference
"This very fantastic-tasting cheese you're gnawing.". From Wordnik.com. [Of Soulful Cheese and Melted Needs] Reference
Still, even at the age of 70 Silber feels a gnawing doubt. From Wordnik.com. [Family Secrets] Reference
Instead, I am badly oppressed by a gnawing sense of waste. From Wordnik.com. [Hitchens on cancer] Reference
So far it's only fear, not hunger, gnawing at their stomachs. From Wordnik.com. [Moms In Revolt] Reference
The gnawing things boneless and dusty and stinking of churches. From Wordnik.com. [July Night At Greenlake] Reference
I'd rather be gnawing the toes of that guy sitting next to me. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The State of the Date Address Number One] Reference
As one result, the peace process turned into a gnawing stalemate. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Israel Is It?] Reference
Agent Jen kept gnawing at Editor Dan's ankles about the contract. From Wordnik.com. [Joy Preble: After the Debut, or One Year Later] Reference
The things gnawing on us today were baring their teeth 25 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Power for the People] Reference
This is a gnawing animal inside you, spreading its claws to get out. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Mirrors] Reference
He answered the old cashier's anxious questions, gnawing his moustache. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"There's a little bit of gnawing anxiety … what if this happens again?". From Wordnik.com. [High-Powered Treatment] Reference
The company also makes Schweppes ginger ale, great for any gnawing queasiness. From Wordnik.com. [Investors Head for Bunkers, Driving Up 'Shelter Shares'] Reference
I see a table of two, the man gnawing on a breadstick like a dog on a rawhide. From Wordnik.com. [Quixote Bronson, Savior of Neglected Suburban Housewives] Reference
Albizur the toad is always around the light twigs of the nest, gnawing into them. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest] Reference
We cope with it by doing a lot of whining and some more gnawing on part of the house. From Wordnik.com. [Mark C. Miller: Dog Ownership Advice -- From a Dog!] Reference
Ah! there are many such petty needs as this gnawing at our poor, dissatisfied hearts. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Once he spotted his dog gnawing on Hamilton's skull, though, all uncertainties dropped. From Wordnik.com. [Poor, Dead Hamilton] Reference
And, to be fair, one of my friends once saw Rosie O'Donnell gnawing on one of her shutters. From Wordnik.com. [Mark C. Miller: Dog Ownership Advice -- From a Dog!] Reference
So now Perot is gnawing at Clinton's support, which last week dropped from 46 to 42 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Running Scared] Reference
He sat at the breakfast table sipping his tea knowing that his passivity was gnawing at her. From Wordnik.com. [Sympathy] Reference
Kukri, his fingers skimming the buttons of the cash register, sits gnawing a wheel of cheese. From Wordnik.com. [Of Soulful Cheese and Melted Needs] Reference
After psychiatric help, Shaw learned to live with the emotional pain and gnawing sense of fear. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking the Backlog] Reference
No wonder then that EU enlargement is feeding into this gnawing sense of anxiety about the future. From Wordnik.com. [A Last Chance For Europe] Reference
Even after wiping, keep your baby from gnawing on the handle by bringing his favorite teething toy. From Wordnik.com. [Baby cost-cutters that don’t skimp on safety] Reference
But as the jury deliberations dragged on, she became jittery, gnawing her fingernails and turning her back on the cameras. From Wordnik.com. ['I Didn't Do Anything'] Reference
John Engler or just about anyone else, the veep candidate's job would have been to spend every day until November gnawing on Bill Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [Will Jack Hurt Bill?] Reference
After two hours, my new Walk-For-Life T shirt was wet, my shoes were gnawing into my heels and my mouth felt like I'd licked 399 envelopes. From Wordnik.com. [The Sound Of Two Hands Clapping] Reference
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