gnaw

Example Sentences

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It is the three mistakes leading to a goal - the highest in the league - which will gnaw away, though.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

While beetles gnaw away and burrow through the phloem under the trees' bark, the much smaller, flightless adelgid sucks out the trees' fluids and leaves behind a toxic saliva.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

Only this time, instead of letting the anxiety gnaw at her confidence, she accepted its presence, took a deep breath, and put on the kind of show that is hers and hers alone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Or, if you prefer, an infected face wart that John Candy’s Uncle Buck would suggest a rat gnaw off your body.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023

The four of us exchange worried glances, and guilt begins to gnaw the pit of my stomach.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse