gnaw at

Example Sentences

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They hadn’t forced a takeaway in three weeks, a drought that was beginning to gnaw at the players.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2024

Then, unprompted, Kravchenko started to talk about his own future, a subject that must gnaw at so many minds after months spent in constant danger.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024

But as I stood in the crowd of wedding guests, watching Arti and her new husband, Rohit, on a flower-bedecked platform, a doubt was already starting to gnaw at me.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Hunger began to gnaw at their bellies, and they pawned off their gold.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2022

I gnaw at my lip—she doesn’t get it, I can tell, so I keep going.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper