gnawing

Example Sentences

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She spends her days jigsawing state and federal funding sources for new water systems, and answering residents’ frequent calls about when they’ll be connected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Then, staffers from the White House Office of Records Management were generally responsible for jigsawing the documents back together, using clear tape.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2022

South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.5% to 3,205.83 after jigsawing earlier in the day.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2021

Though they had some wiggle room, it still took an entire summer of jigsawing to get it to work at Moravian and Swain, for example, school leaders said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2021

This allowed them to continue jigsawing dislocated fragments to put their own ideas into Nietzsche’s mouth.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2018