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Gnaws in a sentence

Related words

Gnaws | Gnawing | Gnaw | Gnawed

Gnaws meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of gnaw

Using Gnaws

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of gnaw
  • In the example corpus, gnaws often appears in combinations such as: gnaws at, gnaws on.

Context around Gnaws

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 13.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mostly 1× vicious 1× beaver 1× feeling 1×

Often after:

ensued 1×

Sentence patterns with Gnaws

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a beaver gnaws on a 1× douglasi that gnaws on the 1× film mostly gnaws at your 1× níðhöggr gnaws the roots 1× of vicious gnaws ensued she 1× result still gnaws at the 1× the feeling gnaws at us 1× what gnaws at me 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a beaver gnaws 1× a series of 1× despite some brief 1× four years on 1× i hope i 1× níðhöggr gnaws the 1×

Common sentence endings:

absorbed the worst 1× at us nonetheless 1× breaching the surface 1× century icelandic manuscript 1× new zealand players 1× nothing has changed 1×

Words around Gnaws

Just before it in the word index:

gnawing 44 gnawi 3 gnawed 15 gnawa 2 gnaw 22 gnats 11

Just after it in the word index:

gnazzo 2 gnb 2 gnba 3 gnbs 8 gnc 22 gnca 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Gnaws

  • In this selection, "gnaws" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 13.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mostly, vicious, beaver and ensued stand out and add context to how "gnaws" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a beaver gnaws on a and douglasi that gnaws on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gnaws" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gnaws

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A beaver gnaws on a stick. (6 words)

What gnaws at me is that nothing has changed. (9 words)

Four years on, the result still gnaws at the New Zealand players. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Despite some brief flashes of schlocky gnashing fun, the film mostly gnaws at your time, rarely breaching the surface. (19 words)

The other agent is the Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasi) that gnaws on the fleshy green scales of younger cones. (19 words)

A series of vicious gnaws ensued, she said, of which her left arm absorbed the worst. (16 words)

Example sentences (8)

Despite some brief flashes of schlocky gnashing fun, the film mostly gnaws at your time, rarely breaching the surface.

Four years on, the result still gnaws at the New Zealand players.

A series of vicious gnaws ensued, she said, of which her left arm absorbed the worst.

A beaver gnaws on a stick.

What gnaws at me is that nothing has changed.

I hope I'm wrong, but the feeling gnaws at us nonetheless.

Níðhöggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasil in this illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript.

The other agent is the Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasi) that gnaws on the fleshy green scales of younger cones.

Common combinations with gnaws

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • gnaws at 4×
  • gnaws on 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gnaws" in a sentence?
An example: "Despite some brief flashes of schlocky gnashing fun, the film mostly gnaws at your time, rarely breaching the surface." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "gnaws" from authentic English texts.
What does "gnaws" mean?
Gnaws means: third-person singular simple present indicative of gnaw
How many example sentences with "gnaws" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "gnaws", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.