Thesaurus / eat dirt
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
You see Squinty, like most little pigs, thought more of something to eat than of anything else.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
Jean clung to his English nurse, who played the fascinating game of pretending to eat his hand.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
I mean it is well my mother is ill, and doesn't wish to eat, for there would be nothing for her, if she did.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
Many of his bird neighbors,p. 31 for instance, liked the same things to eat that he did.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
That was because he was hungry, you see, but pigs nearly always eat fast, as though they were continually in a hurry.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
But there was nothing in the trough to eat, as yet, and the box seemed quite lonesome, for Squinty was all alone.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
He walked first to one side, and then the other, rooting in the dirt with his funny, rubbery nose.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
Haggard was in a state of suppressed excitement, and he couldn't eat a mouthful.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
They've let us keep our rooms on, up to now, but for two days they've not given us anything to eat.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
Then a shower of dirt flew into their faces and both Jolly Robin and his wife tumbled over backward.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
WORDS RELATED TO EAT DIRT
- apple-polish
- beg
- beg for mercy
- beseech
- blandish
- bootlick
- bow and scrape
- brown-nose
- butter up
- cater to
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- fall all over
- fawn
- flatter
- humble oneself
- humor
- implore
- kneel
- kowtow
- make much of
- make up to
- pamper
- play up to
- prostrate
- revere
- snivel
- soft-soap
- stoop
- suck up to
- truckle
- wheedle
- yes
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