gnaw at
Example Sentences
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Then, unprompted, Kravchenko started to talk about his own future, a subject that must gnaw at so many minds after months spent in constant danger.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024
The next month, during a visit to speak at a church in North Carolina, she confided in a pastor about her husband’s behavior, which had begun to gnaw at her.
From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2022
Suspicion began to gnaw at me like a hungry rat.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022
If Dusty and Bernadette, as outside forces, are necessary for forwarding the farce, they gnaw at its underpinnings.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022
He had a trio of fears that sat in his gut like swallowed teeth, and when he was too quiet with his own thoughts, they’d grind together to gnaw at him from within.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
