Sentence examples for a nub in from inspiring English sources

The penis of the Argentine lake duck can grow to sixteen inches — the biggest in the world relative to its body — but it shrinks to a nub in the winter, when the bird is courting a mate.

Security torx screws will have a nub in the middle of the screw head that needs to be accounted for.

She opens it up to reveal a triangular peach mound with a small nub in the middle to suggest a nipple.

We isolated a nub cDNA in a yeast screen for regulators of the Drosophila CecA1 gene [ 35].

Furthermore, in WT embryos at 48 hpf, the early embryonic pectoral fin (analogous to the forelimb in mammals) had formed; however, the fin was absent in the majority of mutants (seven out of ten), and only a small nub in the other mutant embryos (Fig. 1F), indicating defects in limb formation.

Honeymee — This little counter in Koreatown serves "true milk" soft-serve with honey or a nub of honeycomb in clear plastic cups.

Just A Bit Of Fun is Britain in a nub.

This relatively moderate level of nub-RD over-expression in a nub 1 mutant background (nub 1 ; UAS-nub-RD/hs-Gal4) was sufficient to reduce CecA1, Dipt, CecC and AttC expression levels by 50%to80%0% compared to nub 1 ; UAS-nub-RD/TM3 control flies, demonstrating that Nub-PD acts directly as a negative regulator of gene expression.

Even a little tiny nub in the middle of the flush-mounted buttons would make all the difference in the world.

At some point they refined the art of politics, whittling it down to a nub of cynical ambition couched in something that from the middle distance might pass for belief.

For an idea of how long it takes to animate with this process, watch from 0 27 as three full candles burn down to the nub in the space of a few seconds.