bite

Example Sentences

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The smoky-salty bite of salmon chased by a caper.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

These tools can bite before the market fully understands what is happening.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The plan is to infect males — which don’t bite — with a bacteria called Wolbachia, which effectively renders them sterile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The otters were known to bite guests who paid $215 to swim with them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“Pixies don’t bug you unless you’re near gold. They definitely don’t bite unless you have gold. Lots of it.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff