Examples of 'nipping' in a sentence

Meaning of "nipping"

Nip is a verb that refers to the action of pinching or biting something or someone lightly
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  • present participle of nip
  • The act or sensation of giving a nip.

How to use "nipping" in a sentence

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I am just nipping out for some milk.
All these young agents are nipping at my heels.
I am nipping this in the bud right now.
After all that nipping and tucking.
Praise him immediately when he stops nipping.
New blood nipping at her spiked heels.
I do not do my best work with him nipping at my heels.
Just nipping out to see the doc.
I would hate to have him nipping at my heels.
I am just nipping next door for some milk.
They are like little dogs nipping at your heels.
I am nipping this romance in the bud.
There could be sharks nipping at their legs.
By nipping each other on the neck.
They were like nipping on our butts.

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Nipping fraudulent activity in the bud.
A breeze will prowl nipping everything in sight.
Nipping hard enough to draw blood.
Someone may be nipping away at your resources.
There should at least be something nipping at your nose.
I am not nipping of round the back.
They may try to dominate children by nipping at them.
We are just nipping down for a brew.
Nipping bureaucracy in the bud.
You will be nipping their ears.
No nipping out to get oz something.
What have you been nipping at the coffee syrup.
Nipping it there is one step.
The train nipping at its tire.
I can not even take a step without a nipping at my heel.
This requires nipping potential supplies in the bud.
I can feel them nipping.
They are nipping my brilliant career in the bud.
Shakespeare called this a nipping and eager air.
We are nipping home together for lunch.
Two such rolls are in nipping engagement.
Just nipping off to buy a house.
Imagine a parrot nipping a man.
There was no nipping of the midrib before feeding.
Enough with the nipping.
Sea lice are nipping at your scalp.
Was nipping at my toes and then you were at the door.
Girls grow up nipping and scratching.
Nipping and smashing.
So much for nipping it in the bud.
Nipping it in the bud is a simplistic answer for a very complicated problem.
Can feel it nipping away at my feet.
All the while these things were nipping at my ass.
Just nipping down the hall for some ice.
Years of demons nipping at your heels.

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