bite
Example Sentences
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“We don’t know when that’s going to bite,” he says of the debt clock.
Once I’d slipped into my boots and emerged from the bedroom, I had to bite my lip to keep from singing over the sheer joy of it all.
From Literature
The crab cakes were our best bite, filled with loads of lump crab meat served with a horseradish cream sauce.
From Salon
However, its economy has been crippled by years of mismanagement of the public finances, a fall in oil sales and biting international sanctions.
From BBC
This feels a bit trickier - the ingredients aren't always easy to find when grabbing a quick bite between news assignments.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
