Sentence examples for began to bite from inspiring English sources

Housing benefit cuts began to bite.

With E.U. backing, the sanctions against Iran began to bite.

She began to bite one of her fingernails.

Then as the draft began to bite, young white men died in battle.

Although the cuts were announced last fall, they began to bite more deeply this summer.

The flow of skilled migrants has already started to fall since the recession began to bite.

Analysts said Iran faced further protests as the rations began to bite.

When the British blockade began to bite, their populations began to starve.

A year into the civil war, the effects of the cotton embargo really began to bite.

See articleUnemployment in America grew faster than expected as lay-offs in the public sector began to bite.

The suspicion is that this was done to bolster the flagship domestic business as tax probes began to bite.