Nor can I gnaw away the boards, as I have no teeth.

The tumors started in her pelvis and began to gnaw away.

How long did I gnaw away at those ropes?

After he had removed the band of bark Brownie began to gnaw away chips of wood, where the white showed.

I hopped back in my car and proceeded to gnaw away at my Doritos and sandwich like a barnyard animal.

Watch the Chargers' cheerleaders gnaw away at their edible uniforms after the game (because you know that's what happens).

WORRIES about the latest decline on Wall Street continued to British gnaw away at the stock market's confidence for much of yesterday.

He could stand the hunger no longer, and, putting the fish between his teeth, he began to gnaw away at a great rate.

They were gnawing away at his beautiful new flesh, leaving him nothing.

The rust-hued lichens gnawed away at the rough plasterwork like fiery leprosy.

So often it is the hope that gnaws away at you.

The fire lost its heat, and the food was gnawed away.

The forest is under wide-scale attack, its fringes being gnawed away.

It's cancer, keeps gnawing away like a rat in the wall.

The flames were gnawing away the last of a broken chair.

This had been mining country, mountains gnawed away by dynamite and sharp-toothed payloaders.