bite at
Example Sentences
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The US leader is himself under pressure, with rising energy costs beginning to bite at home.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The thin-cut vegetables make it easy to nibble a bite at a time, rather than staring down a full head of lettuce in a salad bowl.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026
“That scheme ensures that petitioners get just one bite at the apple—not zero or two,” wrote the judges, appointed by President Trump and former President George W. Bush.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Still, there were times when a phrase about prioritization written on another whiteboard in Darlington’s office — “Eat the elephant one bite at a time” — might have seemed to mock him.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
It was poor Silky she was thinking of: His chestnut coat dulled with lack of care, burrs stuck in his forelock, he was distrustful of humans, and prone to bite, at least at first....
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
