gnawing

Example Sentences

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Gnawing, almost unbearable heartbreak acts as the catalyst for a layered analysis of the ways humans — or, in the case of “The Sheep Detectives,” humans and their woolly friends — ache to forget.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Gnawing loneliness, and missing family, was part of life for these pioneers, the so-called £3 generation.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2022

Gnawing on the bones requires very little work and offers great rewards for fried-fat aficionados.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2014

"Gnawing hunger pain in pains the of ulcer.'' epigastrium not Gurgling unlike in the the intestines "and sometimes a mild watery diarrhea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gnawing on a carrot to still their hunger pangs, they walk from their cold houses through cold streets to an even colder classroom.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank