He felt a gnaw of disappointment.

Heat's gaze came to rest on the yawning Hastings-to-Henderson drawer, the one where her file would have resided-andfelt a gnaw.

Although he had breakfasted only two hours before, he felt a gnawing hunger, as if he had not eaten anything for several days.

Before that, he had lived as others live, content to avoid deadly sin; but all the time he had felt a gnawing reproach within him.