Sentence examples for were nipped from inspiring English sources
noun
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
- I'll just take a nip of that cake.
Mature trees stood unharmed, but oak seedlings were nipped in the bud.
Others were nipped in the bud by the authorities, or thwarted by alert citizens.
Attempts to protest last month against the handover of the two islands to Saudi Arabia were nipped in the bud by the authorities.
Activists did try to organize some gatherings in Beijing and other cities from Feb. 20 on, but these were nipped in the bud by a heavy preemptive response from the security forces.
Before measurement, mature, fully developed leaves from the lower part of the rosette (Jung 2004) were nipped and were adapted to darkness for 20 30 min.
The Rebels were nipped by the narrowest of margins, 86-87, by Alameda St.
They've been nipped in the bud.
Avoid being nipped by the peacocks that roam wild.
"This needed to be nipped in the bud immediately".
"I think it should be nipped in the bud.
It needs to be nipped in the bud now.
