Sentence examples for a nibble on a from inspiring English sources

After a couple of days I mildly fancied a nibble on a piece of lettuce now and then.

FOR the cook, Thanksgiving Day lunch is usually had standing over the stove — maybe a handful of chips, a few crackers, or marshmallows that haven't been baked into casseroles or pie, a nibble on a fingernail and a few swallows (or glasses) of wine.

Something green to nibble on, a hole to hide from hawks, and cool air to breathe.

Even when we do not have fancy desserts, my husband and I, we always want at least a piece of dark chocolate or a nice bowl of fruit, just a little tiny something to nibble on after a meal.

There are times when you feel that Pirlo is contemplating nipping out of the stadium for a glass of Barolo and a nibble on some high-end ham, before returning to unfreeze the action with a defence-lacerating pass.

Here Galileo (Will Badgett) sings lines from a talk he gave to intellectual fellow members of the Lynx Society in Florence -- words Mr. Zimet mines from the text with obvious delight ("a fifth is like a nibble on the ear, both kiss and bite") -- to a thrilling dance with harpsichord and cello.

Occasionally, a video becomes part of Internet nostalgia, like "Charlie Bit My Finger," a home video in which an infant boy takes a nibble on his older brother's finger, which continues to attract millions of views a year.

Typically it takes quite some time before a fisher gets a nibble on his or her line, but just eight minutes into the derby, 11-year-old Gatesranatowardn toWood Wood screaming, "I got one!" She had caught a 5-inch barred surfperch using an artificial sandworm as her bait.

I stretch plastic wrap over a Key lime pie I plan to nibble on later.

A little nibble on the ear, a long lick down his neck: show him that you want to just eat him up.

With an aperitif, one can nibble on an assortment of soft, flavorful slices of sausage or cheese.