Sentence examples for tendency to nibble from inspiring English sources

Then there is their tendency to nibble holes in the petals of gardeners' prized dahlia and chrysanthemum blooms.

Inbred for the purposes of experimentation, they exhibit a number of infelicitous traits, including a susceptibility to obesity, a taste for morphine, and a tendency to nibble off their cage mates' hair.

But he also led the American League in walks that season, with 94, a troubling statistic that pointed to his tendency to nibble around the plate with his pitches.

Wilson led the major leagues with an average of 110.6 pitches per start, his tendency to nibble around the strike zone and failure to put hitters away earlier in counts forcing him out of many games in the sixth or seventh inning.

Cassandra's case illustrates the technocratic tendency of American culture and politics to nibble away at the edges of our autonomy, to deprive us of the right to make anything but the medically correct choice".How long is a person actually supposed to live, and why?" Cassandra was mature enough to ask.

The ethos here is to nibble, nibble, nibble, and the invitation is hard to refuse.

You know he's going to nibble.

And the whole green chili to nibble?

"They would be able to nibble away.

He likes to nibble my toes, too".

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