How do you use Nibbled in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Nibbled meaning
simple past and past participle of nibble
Using Nibbled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of nibble
- In the example corpus, nibbled often appears in combinations such as: nibbled on, nibbled and, nibbled away.
Context around Nibbled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nibbled
- In this selection, "nibbled" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 30.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, deng, family and away stand out and add context to how "nibbled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and i nibbled a chocolate and cockroaches had nibbled away at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nibbled" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nibbled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When given two fruit baskets, one with Kamala Harris’ name and the other with Trump’s name, Moo Deng nibbled and crunched on the Trump cake. (26 words)
A couple contemplated which album to spin on the turntable, a group of women huddled in a seating area, and I nibbled a chocolate chip cookie. (26 words)
Healthline advises keeping the plant away from children and animals due to this but highlights that snake plants are otherwise “considered to be relatively safe” if it’s not nibbled on. (31 words)
When the guests enjoyed fried fish, members of the family nibbled on pieces of tapioca which were prepared in such a way that they looked exactly like the fish served to the guests. (33 words)
However, during the previous night of vigorous lovemaking, his lips have been nibbled several times by his beloved; as a result they are now swollen, making it painful for him to close them. (33 words)
He noted that cockroaches had nibbled away at many vital documents and records, shrouding many years of Malaya's past in mystery, aided by moths and silverfish and abetted by negligent officials. (32 words)
Example sentences (8)
Healthline advises keeping the plant away from children and animals due to this but highlights that snake plants are otherwise “considered to be relatively safe” if it’s not nibbled on.
When given two fruit baskets, one with Kamala Harris’ name and the other with Trump’s name, Moo Deng nibbled and crunched on the Trump cake.
For the next week, we nibbled away at it, heating it up in the microwave, mixing it with roasted sweet potatoes and cold cucumber salad, chatting and milling about the kitchen.
A couple contemplated which album to spin on the turntable, a group of women huddled in a seating area, and I nibbled a chocolate chip cookie.
When the guests enjoyed fried fish, members of the family nibbled on pieces of tapioca which were prepared in such a way that they looked exactly like the fish served to the guests.
He noted that cockroaches had nibbled away at many vital documents and records, shrouding many years of Malaya's past in mystery, aided by moths and silverfish and abetted by negligent officials.
However, during the previous night of vigorous lovemaking, his lips have been nibbled several times by his beloved; as a result they are now swollen, making it painful for him to close them.
It was discovered by Esther Lederberg in 1950 when she noticed that streaks of mixtures of two E. coli strains, one of which treated with ultraviolet light, was "nibbled and plaqued ".
Common combinations with nibbled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- nibbled on 2×
- nibbled and 2×
- nibbled away 2×