nip
Example Sentences
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“For all the success we had this year, we are still nipping at the heels of giants who earned their positions over the last 50 years,” said Hogan.
The only other encounter that resulted in injury this year was in September when a shark nipped at a man attempting to swim the 20-plus miles from Santa Catalina Island to San Pedro.
From Los Angeles Times
It was a superb delivery from Archer, nipping away from round the wicket.
From BBC
"If we can nip it in the bud from even one person, then hopefully we could stop them potentially doing more harm to other people."
From BBC
I relied on my accuracy, backing myself to hit the same spot on or outside off stump, with a bit of bounce and nip.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
