Sentence examples for bitten off from from inspiring English sources

Courtship involves the male biting the female to hold her for copulation; one female observed had the tip of her first dorsal fin bitten off from such activity.

One terrible night, both Jill's mother and the mother of the baby ape who grows up to be Joe are killed by evil poachers, but not before Joe has bitten off two fingers from a hand of one of the villains.

And the young seminar leaders had bitten off ambitious and various topics — from "Africa and the Problems of Development" to "Disneyworld!" — that added up to something quite unlike the scripted "quality education" supplements many of the Hsylc kids had been exposed to.

Other books, most notably Bob Woodward's series on the wars as viewed from Washington, have bitten off big chunks of this story, but Bergen's, to my knowledge, is the first to credibly cover the global sweep of events over the last 10 years, exploring not just American views but also Al Qaeda's.

It is far from the first time that cinemagoers have bitten off more than they can chew.

(A good many reporters received beatings from outraged congressmen; one nearly had his finger bitten off).

"My concern from day one was that Spyker might have bitten off more than it could chew".

He had also bitten off several fingers.

Israel has already bitten off plenty of the West Bank.

But be wary: such hands have been bitten off before.

His nose was bitten off?" "Yes, that Fahro".