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Meanings of gnaw at in English

Catalan
desgastar-se

Become ground down or deteriorate.

desgastar-se
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Examples for "erode"
Examples for "erode"
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New technologies should help it continue to erode cash transactions, it said.
Reuters
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The delay means the crisis threatens to further erode support for Turnbull.
Reuters
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The risk, he said, came from mergers and acquisitions that erode value.
Reuters
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The risk, he said, comes from mergers and acquisitions that erode value.
Reuters
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Mining firms have rejected the law, saying it would erode investor confidence.
Reuters
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At the horizon right and left monstrously beautiful mountains gnaw the sky.
The Einstein Intersection
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I chewed over the words, but I couldn't gnaw them into sense.
The Einstein Intersection
3
That moment would gnaw at him for as long as he lived.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
4
Feet-in-the-Ashes put his fingers in his mouth and commenced to gnaw them.
The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said
5
And so hunger began to gnaw while the ship was still burning.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
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Read: What is the healthiest thing to eat at KFC South Africa?
The South African
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Read: What is the healthiest thing to eat at Steers South Africa?
The South African
3
I would eat at a khan again before I forget the custom.
The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
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The seven children she supports eat at most one meal a day.
Reuters
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If you let it eat at you, confidence just evaporates, he says.
The Irish Times
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I wear away the time, thinking constantly of him and only him.
Twenty-Two Goblins
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After he comes in contact with other boys, this will wear away.
The Boy and the Sunday School / A Manual of Principle and Method...
3
That night passed: all nights-eventhe starless night before dissolution-mustwear away.
Villette
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Why, the mill-stones wear away with rot more than with grinding corn.
Fruitfulness
5
I hoped that the idea would wear away but it didn't; it strengthened.
Up the Hill and Over
Usage of gnaw at in English
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That moment would gnaw at him for as long as he lived.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
2
Why did the gentle words of this saint gnaw at her so?
Beneath a southern sky
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I stared at them as an emptiness started to gnaw at me.
Petals from the sky
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But doubts began to gnaw at the Wyoming man's confidence in him.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
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And the failure of the work networks continued to gnaw at him.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
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Mere gratitude does not gnaw at one's interior economy in that particular way.
'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
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Pain is beginning to gnaw at her from a dozen places.
Night of knives
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His lack of reaction was beginning to gnaw at her insides.
Dhampir
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We can gnaw at the Confederation from within, corrupt it completely.
The Neutronium Alchemist
10
How Myrna would gnaw at her espresso cup rim in envy.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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Was that restless, nervous, intolerable pain going to gnaw at his heart forever?
Sandy
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The responsibility was already starting to gnaw at his thoughts.
The Reality Dysfunction
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Remorse began to gnaw at the heart of the murderer.
The Rose in the Ring
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The hideous hunger for opium began to gnaw at him.
The picture of Dorian Gray
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It seemed to gnaw at her just a tiny bit.
Sacrifice
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He began to gnaw at it greedily, tears of joy springing to his eyes.
Swan Song
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