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sink teeth into

verb as in nip

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The generations fell away, and the years of training never to sink teeth into feathers or fur; for a moment the Labrador looked almost wolflike as he tore at the warm flesh and bolted it down in ravenous gulps.

An ogre knelt over one fallen knight, about to sink teeth into his shoulder.

A bat panic ensued: articles claimed that hundreds of thousands of rabid bats were attacking townspeople, and a local headline read “Bat Colonies Sink Teeth Into City.”

Such beauty instructs us in its own perfection for it is beyond mere “use”—no work- cats, watch-cats, plebeian beings but each descended of gods as ancient Egypt honored; and how like a deity, to sink teeth into a rat, a creature that squeamish mankind abhors, while maintaining purest Cat- innocence.

Such beauty instructs us in its own perfection for it is beyond mere “use”—no work- cats, watch-cats, plebeian beings but each descended of gods as ancient Egypt honored; and how like a deity, to sink teeth into a rat, a creature that squeamish mankind abhors, while maintaining purest Cat- innocence.

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

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