Sentence examples for try to nibble from inspiring English sources

Watch out for the goats though, they might try to nibble your sandwiches.

Creative people's most important resource is their time particularly big chunks of uninterrupted time and their biggest enemies are those who try to nibble away at it with e-mails or meetings.

Touch him first on his neck or shoulder, as he may move away or try to nibble if you touch the end of his nose.

Try to nibble throughout the day, rather than eating larger meals.

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

"I had good stuff early and I was just trying to nibble a little too much," Sabathia said.

"I was trying to nibble, and it cost us the game," Sabathia said of the Yankees' 4-2 loss.

For the fourth time in a week, I woke up to the sound of a pigeon pecking my window screen, trying to nibble its way into my bedroom in the early morning.

Since then, though, advocates of treating terrorism like bank robbery have tried to nibble away at the legality and morality of – and the political support for – the war on terror.

A lion tries to nibble, and vultures poke, but for a long stretch the carcass remains basically intact, which makes possible this enticing bit of narration: "Bloated by decomposition gases, it could explode if nothing punctures its skin".

But the chief executive of Oodle, a classifieds search engine, is trying to nibble away at the problem.