bite

Example Sentences

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That’s smart—both can take a sneaky but surprisingly large bite out of future nest eggs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It was only in 2018, as sanctions over his nuclear programme began to bite, that Kim made his first known foreign trip.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

These tools can bite before the market fully understands what is happening.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The plan is to infect males — which don’t bite — with a bacteria called Wolbachia, which effectively renders them sterile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“Pixies don’t bug you unless you’re near gold. They definitely don’t bite unless you have gold. Lots of it.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff