gnaw

In the end, the ethical implications of using a drug to pull statements from otherwise unwilling people began to gnaw.

Stanley Crouch on why there are so many predators “looking for some high-profile black female meat to give the gnaw.”

For three generations it's been a sort of a gnaw-bone, to be dug up and chewed on when there's nothing else.

Then she lay down again, chuckling softly as she did when the mouse escaped, even though it was to gnaw her cheese.

I began to gnaw it and play with it, and when Ned called out, "fetch it," I dropped it and ran toward him.

I know I am only the mouse, but I could gnaw through very strong cords.

The animals stand in a group, and the mules gnaw at the frozen dung of former visitors.