Sentence examples for nip at from inspiring English sources

They swirl in the wind, nip at our heels, curl into dark corners.

Nip at it with chopsticks or make ssams with the accompanying lettuce leaves.

How long will the Red Sox nip at the Yankees' heels?

Hewlett-Packard, Canon and other printer and copier companies continue to nip at Xerox's heels in the digital market.

Margarita, the pet goose, would nip at Camille's leg, and the whine of the lathe would echo from Ken's woodshop.

It will take more than a nip at the heels to topple Johnson and the Hendrick machine.

But they happily romp, take turns getting on their backs in submission, and nip at each other's heels.

There are wild, imaginative images here: in one, wild dogs leap into the air to nip at Goyaesque witches.

Your pet should be on a short enough leash that it cannot rush, attack, panic, nip at, or in some other way harm others.

Jackson was puttering around on a motorcycle, feeling the wind nip at his tie-dyed T-shirt when he had to put the brakes on.

Dementia patients at Beatitudes are allowed practically anything that brings comfort, even an alcoholic "nip at night," said Tena Alonzo, director of research.