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gnaw

verb as in bite, chew

verb as in be bothered, worried about

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Example Sentences

For many dogs, gnawing on things seems to help distract them.

These are the kinds of questions that have gnawed at me throughout my 25 years in the tech industry.

What he’d “lost” by not hanging on as South Sea shares approached £1,000 gnawed at him.

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The rodents gnaw down trees to create lodges and dams, and dig channels for transporting their logs to the dams.

I think we’ve been greatly underplaying the chronic, gnawing anxiety we’ve had to keep at bay to function.

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.

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On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gnaw, such as: chomp, eat, nibble, champ, chaw, and consume.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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