Sally gnawed at him with her piercing bovine eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Inroads] Reference
Narnia looks like it was gnawed on by Aslan himself. From Wordnik.com. [Finite Automatons in Winter Quarter] Reference
Having gnawed off a corner she threw a glance at him. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
She gnawed her arm off in the morning, before he woke. From Wordnik.com. [Intolerable Impositions] Reference
Ancient pillars of stone, embrowned and gnawed by time. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Nor shear the fleeces even, gnawed through and through. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgics] Reference
Erose: As if gnawed, irregularly toothed (Fig. 148, d). From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
But it was the medium-time criminals that gnawed at them. From Wordnik.com. [Danah Boyd: How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags] Reference
Our father's gnawed buttered toast is still on his plate. From Wordnik.com. [Sisters At The Lake] Reference
The feel of it in the face was like being gnawed by a dog. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
The marauder had gnawed or crunched right through the bone. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting the Thylacine] Reference
The General gnawed his mustache, and his eyes blazed in fury. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
Then came the cat that ate the rat, that gnawed the cord, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The horses still gnawed the boles of the shade trees along High. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Those questions gnawed again during last week's season premiere. From Wordnik.com. [The High Price of Home Improvement] Reference
Then came the rat that gnawed the cord, that hung the butcher, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
And his kingdom became dark: and they gnawed their tongues for pain. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
And then she gnawed with her teeth at the imaginary rope which bound him. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
But the more he scoffed at talk of race, the more it clearly gnawed at him. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
He gnawed his mustache: the apprentices would be there soon, with his Lily. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
The edge of the floor was ragged, as though it had been gnawed away by rats. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
He watched them hold nuts with their forepaws while they gnawed through the shells. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
Holding himself above her gnawed at his shoulder, like bone might break through skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Grass] Reference
The water he had drank had refreshed him greatly, but oh, how hunger gnawed upon him!. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Da eat one dead chile's face all one side off, an 'one of its feet was all gnawed off. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Their huge muscles flung the sharp axes into the timber and gnawed through it with a saw. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Lady Strange, approached her plate, gnawed at a lamb chop and then returned to its refuge. From Wordnik.com. ['Aristocrats'] Reference
On which account there arose between them great envy, that continually gnawed their hearts. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The little City Mouse gnawed a hole in the bag and invited his friend to nibble for himself. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
The characters 'lives are gnawed down to the bone: all they have is their love for each other. From Wordnik.com. [On the Lost Highway] Reference
Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
The ogres gnawed at his arms and legs as his dismembered body bled out, still screaming in pain. From Wordnik.com. [The Saved Man] Reference
They did not know, unluckily, that squirrels had gnawed the floor away, and owls moved in below. From Wordnik.com. [Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann] Reference
Little birds, a lizard — she had even gnawed on roots with her sharp teeth, meant to tear meat. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting the Thylacine] Reference
The old grudge and sorrow that had gnawed at his heart during so many years suddenly shooed away. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
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