Sentence examples for nibble at from inspiring English sources

"nibble at" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to mean to take small bites or bites of something, or to make slow, steady progress, often sarcastically or comically. For example: "The mouse nibbled at the cheese for hours, but it seemed to have no end!"

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It would nibble at Origin's premier status.

Others round the table nibble at toast.

We nibble at the popcorn shrimp.

"He's not trying to nibble at the edges".

But they will hardly nibble at the welfare bill.

And we nibble at, then gulp our chosen reading material.

Dravid has an unwise nibble at Anderson and is beaten.

he has a nibble at the next, too.

Mark's camel was hungry, stopping to nibble at everything.

Courageously, it might nibble at Proposition 13, by letting commercial property be taxed more.

Lightly breaded calamari was fine standard fare, especially good as a nibble at the bar.

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