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"gnaw at" Definitions
  1. to make somebody feel anxious, frightened or uncomfortable over a long period of time

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If anything, it'll gnaw at him until he goes back.
Most women quietly allow ignorant comments to gnaw at them.
All the while, however, one moment continued to gnaw at him.
"Our heroine's fears, unarticulated, gnaw at her like rats," narrates Finck.
So the museum decided to gnaw at the problem a while longer.
Like if it's normal for the little critter to furiously gnaw at her cage?
Maybe that was why the desire to create life began to gnaw at me.
But beneath the normal confusion and stress of adolescence, other worries gnaw at her.
Pharma woes continue to gnaw at investors amid the recent tumble in Valeant Pharmaceuticals' stock.
Not managing the sale as best they could continues to gnaw at some of them.
The rats are horrifying because they gnaw at what we think makes us civilized, reasonable.
The possibility will gnaw at me until July, like so many bags of over-salted peanuts.
After all, when the singular purpose is to gnaw at someone's self-esteem, why stay silent?
He knew not giving it a shot to make the Olympics again would gnaw at him.
But during the in-between hours, the sheer weirdness of the experience began to gnaw at me.
If he finds any weakness in you, he's going to gnaw at it just like a competitor should.
Wouldn't it be fun to gnaw at Donald Trump or bite wibbly-wobbly lumps out of Theresa May?
The Eagles had two weeks before their next game, and he knew the loss would gnaw at him.
In one, gay men nervously gnaw at their relationship as they wait for their surrogate to give birth.
Want your lips to look like the fair fave without actually having struggled to gnaw at one all day?
We all have moments from our past that gnaw at us — a regret, an unanswered question, an old tragedy.
Each repetition of the eerie phrase can gnaw at grief that's still quite raw, even if that's not the intention.
Kill a bird, and find yourself surrounded by massive flames, as avians with hot beaks gnaw at your roasting flesh.
Leaving tax cuts of the magnitude currently drawn up by his colleagues on the table would surely gnaw at him.
Questions of American restlessness and rootlessness may gnaw at you while chatting with fellow audience members at the communal tables.
Smarter Living: We all have moments from our past that gnaw at us — a regret, an unanswered question, hurt feelings.
We'd understand what motivates us to make the strange, oftentimes self-sabotaging decisions that define our lives and gnaw at happiness.
It may stick, but it must gnaw at every "If it feels good, do it" fiber of his improv-artist's being.
Bella, immune to the poise expected of pageant hopefuls, began to gnaw at her leash and got tangled up in it.
"To expect writers to avoid subjects that gnaw at them is to not really understand what it is to be a writer."  
" I'd seen the ads before, but facing them in an empty subway car they began to gnaw at me: "We do chores.
Trump received three million fewer votes than his opponent in the 2016 election, a fact that seems to constantly gnaw at him.
It's been almost a week since it happened, but Donald Trump's meeting with Silicon Valley's most influential leaders continues to gnaw at me.
Thoughts about the irreplaceable artists of her youth and the idea of legacy started to gnaw at her as she approached 40 last year.
Smarter Living: We all have moments from our past that gnaw at us — a regret, an unanswered question, a poor choice we've made, hurt feelings.
An image like the ones Singer used would gnaw at me, even if I enjoyed the fruits of my deceit, telling me I am an abject nothing.
The hour was designed to scare you, to gnaw at your emotions, to keep you in a heightened, tense state; after watching it, I was emotionally spent.
Still, he thinks that the underlying cause of the recent market turmoil, the spread of the virus, will continue to gnaw at investors in the near future.
The plunge in the U.S. on Wednesday came as rising interest rates gnaw at investors and technology shares tumble in the face of growing trade tensions with Beijing.
Angst over cybersecurity at trading venues and questions over regulators' stance gnaw at longer-term investors, but the character of the market remains a key block to its development.
Amid the drones, Krautrock jams, and splendidly obtuse Dan Higgs records, the label has quietly been belching forth thought-provoking metal releases that gnaw at the genre's outer fringes.
Last week Malaysia said it would consider resuming the search if viable proposals or credible leads emerged, but a lack of closure continues to gnaw at those left behind.
The slackers that still draw a paycheck every day will gnaw at the high-flier who values a sense of fairness and wants to be surrounded with fellow A-players.
Charles and his team are interested in the questions that keep you up at night, the ones that really gnaw at you — and the podcast wants to help you solve them.
U.S. stocks partially recovered after suffering their steepest drop in eight months last week, as rising interest rates gnaw at investors and technology shares tumble in the face of trade tensions with Beijing.
U.S. benchmark stock gains have probably neared their ceiling as economic growth risks from the trade war are expected to gnaw at investors and limit the benefits from the Federal Reserve's policy easing.
The update from Australia's fourth-largest lender at its annual meeting shows how an excoriating public inquiry into financial-sector misconduct continues to gnaw at the country's biggest money managers 10 months on.
The disappearance of 43 teaching students, a scandal involving his wife's purchase of a house, and a moribund economy began to gnaw at his popularity, and the slide in approval ratings continued from there.
Charles and his team are interested in the questions that keep you up at night, the ones that gnaw at you, so that he, with the research he pulls into his show, can help solve them.
The whole situation — the décor, my constant dishwashing and the relative lack of income on my part — began to gnaw at my male ego and my role as a man sharing a house with a woman.
That might help some people zone out the negative thoughts that usually gnaw at the edges of their minds, says Susan Ramsey, an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior expert at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School.
But Horford also exacerbates what it likely the team's biggest issue, and the one most likely to gnaw at them against the opponent almost certain to stand in their way on the road to their desired destination.
Directed by Gordon Edelstein, the production is perhaps the best "Endgame" I've seen: sharp in its savage humor, attentive to the language, and increasingly unsettling as these gruesome figures, at first repellent and almost cartoonish, gnaw at our souls.
In fact, there is one piece of stage magic regarding bodies disappearing into nothingness as they are "sucked" through a telephone that will continue to gnaw at me as I try to puzzle out just how on Earth they possibly pulled it off.
When I met with Page late last year for a story for the magazine, his absence from Fox's airwaves seemed to gnaw at him even more than the considerable distance that Trump's advisers had sought to put between him and the president.
Still, there is perhaps no single better paragraph in this whole thing than an otherwise throwaway line buried in all of this nonsense, but one that will surely begin to gnaw at Pats apologists like a pebble inside their shoe: It's...it's beautiful.
Producer: Yasmin Nouh; Reporter: Kristen Brown; Senior Producers: Joanne Shen and Danielle SteinbergI was crawling around on the floor, chasing my cat, Avalanche, as she artfully wriggled away from me over and over again to gnaw at the piece of tape I had stuck to her gray and white fur.
Those are the options that gnaw at our sympathies as we contemplate the inertia of Anna Brisker, a doctoral candidate in literature whose path to the highest ranks of academia would seem to be ensured by her elite education and entitled mix of condescension, smug liberalism and self-professed deficit of the generosity required to mentor others.
Well, we have a few, as well as some extra questions about what happens now...I DNA Tested My Cat and She Was Not Happy About ItScreenshot: GizmodoI was crawling around on the floor, chasing my cat, Avalanche, as she artfully wriggled away from me over and over again to gnaw at the piece of tape I had stuck to her gray and white fur.
One theory of etiquette holds that manners are best in communities with fixed populations: If you know that you'll see Tina again tomorrow (and Tuesday and Wednesday), you're less likely to surreptitiously scarf down the rest of the half-eaten boysenberry yogurt she left in the office fridge, because daily exposure to her yogurt-based wistfulness will start to gnaw at you, and ultimately turn you into a Munch painting.
In life nothing remains for him > except memories. Images of his ideal Astarte permeate his thoughts, and he > vainly calls to her. Only the echo from the cliffs repeats her name. > Memories and thoughts bum and gnaw at him.
525-550, p. 535 citing Czaplicka (1914) p. 183 When the yekyua are fighting in the spring, the shaman with which they are associated feel very ill. The dog yekyua are not prized as they gnaw at the shaman and destroy his body, bringing him sickness.
"Bakemono Chakutōchō" by Masayoshi Kitao. An ama-nyūdō that would gnaw at humans is depicted. Yōkai similar to the mikoshi-nyūdō, such as the shidaidaka, the taka-nyūdō, the taka-bōzu, the nobiagari, the norikoshi-nyūdō, the miage- nyūdō, the nyūdō-bōzu, the yanbon, etc. throughout the country.
The first season was shot in a rusty military Quonset hut in Pearl City, which the various cast members quickly nicknamed "Mongoose Manor".Davidson, Bill. "Hawaii's Happy Almond: Giving up the spotlight to a glowering coconut doesn't faze James MacArthur" , TV Guide (1973-09-22). The roof tended to leak, and rats would often gnaw at the cables.
Bolivian bamboo rats feed on bamboo, stripping away the outer bark to gnaw at the stems. They are nocturnal, sleeping through the day in nests of tangled vines located in tree branches above the ground. Population densities can be high, and one individual studied had a home range of just . The rats are agile climbers, and move through heavy vegetation almost silently.
The group is overjoyed to find them, but is immediately crestfallen to find that they have no means of opening them. In a final act of desperation, Benny attacks Gorrister and begins to gnaw at the flesh on his face. Ted, in a moment of clarity, realizes their only escape is through death. He seizes a stalactite made of ice and kills Benny and Gorrister.
In the 1970s, "Darwish, as a Palestinian poet of the Resistance committed himself to the ... objective of nurturing the vision of defeat and disaster (after the June War of 1967), so much so that it would 'gnaw at the hearts' of the forthcoming generations."Butt, Aviva. "Mahmud Darwish, Mysticism and Qasidat al-Raml [The Poem of the Sand"]. Poets from a War Torn World.
17 years old, blond, still in a white suit, his eyebrows have been arched since his birth. Despite his haughty and mocking smile, he remains courteous to people and never forgets to greet them. His weapon is Sccaggs No.004, the "Poisoned Scorpion". It is endowed with a power which allows it to gnaw at any matter just by touching it: the "Erosive Hand".
Frederick Paul Kiesche III reviewed Call of Cthulhu Miniatures in Space Gamer No. 73. Kiesche commented that "I give these miniatures, despite my reservations, a hearty recommendation. These creeping horrors and the brave souls who fight them have definitely captured my interest and have started to gnaw at my soul." Kevin Ross reviewed the Cthonians and Tsathoggua packs of Call of Cthulhu Miniatures in The Space Gamer No. 76.
Clamence eventually realizes that his attempts at self-derision can only fail, and the laughter continues to gnaw at him. This is because his actions are just as dishonest: "In order to forestall the laughter, I dreamed of hurling myself into the general derision. In fact, it was still a question of dodging judgment. I wanted to put the laughters on my side, or at least to put myself on their side" (Camus 325).
The louse Trichodectes vulpis specifically targets red foxes, but is found infrequently. The mite Sarcoptes scabiei is the most important cause of mange in red foxes. It causes extensive hair loss, starting from the base of the tail and hindfeet, then the rump before moving on to the rest of the body. In the final stages of the condition, red foxes can lose most of their fur, 50% of their body weight and may gnaw at infected extremities.
Untamed birds which are not allowed out of their cages regularly, such as most finches and canaries, require larger cages that are long enough to permit some flight. The bars should be spaced so that curious birds cannot stick their heads out of the cage and become stuck. The cage should also have non-toxic paint, because birds tend to gnaw at the cage, and if the paint is consumed, they can die from poisoning. Forgotten Songs, Sydney.
Nidhogg's task is to gnaw at the roots of the World Ash and eventually cut the link from Niflheim to Asgard, but the ash sets down new roots even as Nidhogg consumes them. The Norns are said to have their well of souls at the very edge of the center of the plane of Concordant Opposition. They identify this area as an unattainable part of the Yggdrasil, though the behavior of this area is unlike that of any other part of the World Ash conduit.
When one looks up at a nyūdō-bōzu, it would gnaw at people's windpipes and kill them. It is said that since the weasel stomps on the shoulder of the person it is trying to fool, if one does not get startled and grasps that leg and stomps it on the ground, it would be possible to exterminate the nyūdō-bōzu. In Nagano Prefecture, it is said that their true form is considered to be a tanuki or mujina, and in Miyagi Prefecture, a mujina.
The Ao Naga people of Northeast India are reported to use the flesh of horseshoe bats to treat asthma. Ecological anthropologist Will Tuladhar-Douglas stated that the Newar people of Nepal "almost certainly" use horseshoe bats, among other species, to prepare Cikā Lāpa Wasa ("bat oil"). Dead bats are rolled up and placed in tightly sealed jars of mustard oil; the oil is ready when it gives off a distinct and unpleasant smell. Traditional medicinal uses of the bat oil include removing "earbugs", reported to be millipedes that crawl into one's ears and gnaw at the brain, possibly a traditional explanation of migraines.
Roman writers, such as Pliny the Elder, refer to a soft ornamental rock which they called murrhine, out of which drinking vessels were carved. Pliny describes the mineral as having a "great variety of colours" with "shades of purple and white with a mixture of the two". Whether this mineral was banded fluorite is uncertain, but it was apparently soft enough (like fluorite) to allow one particular man of consular rank to gnaw at the edges of his cup. There is no reason to suppose the mineral came from Britain - Pliny and other writers specifically state that the mineral came from Persia.
Mausoleum of Sulaiman in the compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Old City of Jerusalem The Qur'an relates that Solomon died while he was leaning on his staff. As he remained upright, propped on his staff, the jinn thought he was still alive and supervising them, so they continued to work. They realized the truth only when Allah sent a creature to crawl out of the ground and gnaw at Solomon's staff until his body collapsed. The Qurʾan then comments that if they had known the unseen, they would not have stayed in the humiliating torment of being enslaved.
As noted earlier, there is also a reference to Indra slaying Makha as mentioned in the Taittiriya Samhita (3.2.4) of the Black Yajurveda, from which this legend may be derived. The legend given here is that 'the gods Agni, Indra, Soma, Makha, Vishnu, and the [Visvedevas], except the two Asvins, performed a sacrificial session', which was first attained by Vishnu, hence 'he became the most excellent of the gods'. Upadika ants then agreed with the other gods to gnaw at the bowstring of Vishnu while He rested his head on the Bow, in exchange for the boon to 'find water even in the desert' (as 'all food is water').
Fox comes up with a plan to alert the Warden of the rats' presence in the park and the animals leave several rat carcasses outside his lodge. Meanwhile, Bully organizes a hunting party of the largest and strongest rats to dispose of Adder, and the rats find Sinuous and attack her. Sinuous strikes and kills Brat, one of Bully's lieutenants, but the other rats gnaw at her body and only release her when they are sure she is dead. The Warden finally becomes aware of the rats and searches for them on his rounds, and the animals are satisfied that he will deal with the threat.
Constantinescu-Iași recalled that, even in 1943, the UP was working to "set up opposition groups within the PNȚ", but "in such a manner that no group would be torn away from the party".Covaci, p. 181 As noted by political scientist Ioan Stanomir, the party was later a tool used by the PCdR "to gnaw at the PNȚ before they ultimately dissolved it". This campaign was sparked in 1944 by a broadcast on Radio Moscow.Păiușan (2010), p. 300 By 1946, the PNP had only managed to absorb remnants of the interwar Radical Peasants' Party, who had refused to rejoin the PNȚ.Păiușan (2013 I), p. 511 The recruitment drive was punctuated by episodes of dissent.
To prepare for the trip to the pole, the ski bindings were fitted with hooks so they could be removed during sleeping hours and hung inside the tent. Since the bindings were made of leather, the ravenous sledge dogs would often gnaw at them when the men were asleep. Footwear and the risk of frostbite was a major concern for Amundsen, especially after some negative experiences during the autumn depot-laying trips and the abortive first attempt to reach the Pole. He and his men re-constructed and refined their ski-boots several times before the final polar journey, to obtain maximum insulation against the cold and to provide the necessary flexibility for skiing.
The conversation between them quickly devolves into a psychological battle of wits, all whilst Nicole wards off a wolf and tries to remain calm when a rattlesnake slithers into her car, circling her neck and Scotty's before she kills it with a shard of glass. The wolf returns and begins to gnaw at Scotty's head, suggesting that he died from the crash. Hungry, thirsty and increasingly more desperate, Nicole is unable to disconnect the line with Casey, and the wreck apparently misses the scope of a helicopter's searchlight. As the totaled vehicle begins to catch fire, Nicole manages to squeeze her legs out of the loosened dashboard and climbs out of the car.
Its editorial line is parallel to those of the US Foreign policy in almost every aspect. Its entry in the news dissemination market coincides with attempts by the US to penetrate into Syria once independent news publications were permitted in 2007. In order to achieve a measure of credibility, it assumed at times a mildly critical evaluation of US policies, particularly that towards Israel, but once that established, it began to gnaw at the foundation of Syfria's political culture, by citing and rewriting the bloody history and lamenting the demise of important CIA operatives, like Husni Al-Zaim who led a coup d'état which toppled the democratically elected government and replaced it for some six years with an array of CIA-controlled colonels.
This is due to the fact that a large number of their party have, due to the alien interference, emerged from the artificial uteri as "morons" who do not speak or interact in any meaningful way with the rest of the party but seem more interested in the planet's natural environment. An interesting distinction of this novel is in the religion of the crew: they are Muslims, albeit incomplete ones. Although they have knowledge of Allah the knowledge of Islamic art, culture and ritual, as well as the traditional imagery of the Islamic heaven and hell was omitted from their computer simulated childhoods by the authors of their mission, due to the concern that such material ideas would be irrelevant on a new planet; only the spirit of the religion was preserved. Yet throughout the novel, a sense of lost heritage and memory continues to gnaw at the colonists, if only in a vague, unsettling way.
Zvi Bar'el of Haaretz also said that the resignations were "intended to show Syria the limitations of its influence on the group and to tell Damascus that if it wanted to show Washington it can preserve stability in Lebanon, Hezbollah and Iran will have the last word. Nasrallah, who is not pleased with the strengthening ties between Syria and Hariri and fears they will gnaw at his power, now wants to reshuffle the cabinet, have a new prime minister appointed and split up the coalition. This will increase Hezbollah's strength and could thwart Syria's ability to form a political bloc that would counterbalance the group."Views on Lebanon political crisis - Middle East - Al Jazeera English The New York Times also reported that while the government was expected to fall after the STL's indictments, it was not expected to fall so soon. It also pointed out the complexities of Lebanese politics as having "foreign powers habitually play in the country’s domestic affairs" with Hezbollah backed by Iran and Syria, while the United States, France and Saudi Arabia back Hariri’s Future Movement.

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