Sentence examples similar to avoid being nipped by from inspiring English sources

Retaining a purchase on the teat while avoiding being nipped or kicked demands a lot of concentration.

On his second voyage his ship, the Eira, was nipped by ice and sank.

In his last start, he was nipped by a head by Perfect Drift in the Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.

Traditional cultures around the world imagined that the midwinter sun needed conscious help from people in order to avoid being devoured by the expanse of darkness that nips at the edges of life.

Going for the Triple Crown, Real Quiet was nipped on the wire by Victory Gallop, losing by a nose.

Others were nipped in the bud by the authorities, or thwarted by alert citizens.

Insouciant connotations might have been nipped in the bud by simply rhyming the acronym with "face" or "bouillabaisse".

They've been nipped in the bud.

This does not mean that you should call the Emergency Services if you are nipped or barked at by a dog.

Her face is nipped pink, her frame half-swallowed by a voluminous jumper.

I've developed a method of avoiding being pinched, but hasty or negligent operation results in a little nip.