Sentence examples for to nipping from inspiring English sources
noun
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
- I'll just take a nip of that cake.
Mobiles, satnavs and computers act as our guides for everything from driving holidays to nipping to the shops.
Understanding them, they said, was vital to nipping a potential pandemic in the bud, by making it possible to monitor existing natural strains for the dangerous variants and helping to create effective vaccines.Most of their colleagues and public-health panjandrums agreed.
"Green burials are a healthy start to nipping our pollution issues in the bud.
In fact, they'll be limited to nipping at the president's heels and attempting votes that will prove embarrassing for Democrats, including the president.
Warn any guests, family members and friends who visit that ferrets are prone to nipping.
However, if you do this too much, the association between you and treats can lead to nipping.
Footballers are not known to nip to the lav.
10.41am Last chance to nip to the loo.
"We all have to nip this in the bud".
They mostly have motorbikes too, to nip through the traffic.
Yes, it's best to nip trouble in the bud.
