nibble
Example Sentences
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Chinese companies are nibbling at their market share in secondary markets such as Brazil and Australia and emerging as fierce rivals at home.
From Barron's
A few nibbled leaves are small prices to pay for the joy of birdsong and butterflies.
Stewart recommends making pumpkin piñatas, bobbing for apples or nibbling on doughnuts hanging from a string.
From Salon
She would nibble at it inside the tent, out of sight from other children whose parents couldn’t afford to buy their kids fruit.
Maybe this could be the start of something — a recurring salon, a tradition, a place where people could nibble pastries and say bright, approving things about me.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.