Example Sentences

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She would run her fingers along the pointed nubs of the beans — almost like someone would press prayer beads between their fingertips — and stare at the black-eyed Susans coming up in her backyard.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023

I had chewed my chile rellenos to nubs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Huge trees lay on the ground, their stumps reduced to nubs.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

Acting on a hunch that it was the rabbits gnawing the fruits to their nubs, the scientists trained three infrared camera traps on B. yuwanensis fruit bundles in January 2021.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

I’ve been chewing my nails to nubs all night when Papi finally trots over.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina