NIP in a Sentence

Learn NIP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

24 example sentences for NIP, such as:

1. His pet dog nipped into the room.
2. He nipped his finger in the door.
3. He nipped in and took my bag back.
4. The dog nipped the postman on the leg.
5. I felt little teeth nipping at my neck.

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 Meanings and Examples of NIP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
nip
 v.  stop something's growth; squeeze tightly between fingers; give a small sharp bite to
Classic Sentence:
1  Now you get hold of all the doorkeys you can find, and I'll nip all of auntie's, and the first dark night we'll go there and try 'em.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
2  Bullets began to whistle among the branches and nip at the trees.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
3  They glared as if they were exposed to a frost that nipped them and fixed them all at the same level.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
4  He had nipped in the bud the possible meeting between Eustacia and her old lover this very night.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 4 Rough Coercion Is Employed
5  An orchard surrounded it, but the trees, as is usual upon the moor, were stunted and nipped, and the effect of the whole place was mean and melancholy.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
6  Well," said Huck, presently, coming back to the main question, "whoever nipped the whiskey in No.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
7  I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  She was like some rare flower grown for exhibition, a flower from which every bud had been nipped except the crowning blossom of her beauty.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
9  Thenardier's sensations were those of the wolf at the moment when he feels himself nipped and seized by the steel jaw of the trap.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
10  Relaxed after the walk, a chill nipping her throat, conscious of his warmth and power, she leaned gratefully against him.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  The mosquitoes made merry over her, biting her firm, round arms and nipping at her bare insteps.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In III
12  I felt little teeth nipping at my neck.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IX
Example Sentence:
1  When the plant begins to ramify, it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches.
2  The gardener wanted to nip off a lovely rose and give it to me..
3  The department made a nip here and a tuck there, but they were still way over budget.
4  It is important to recognize jealousy and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.
5  By tilting the rotors forward, Bell's V-280 can nip along at 520kph and has a range of almost 1,500km, even when weighed down by four crew and 14 fully-kitted combat troops.
6  He nipped in and took my bag back.
7  He nipped his finger in the door.
8  Many serious illnesses can be nipped in the bud if they are detected early enough.
9  His pet dog nipped into the room.
10  I leant against a pillar of the verandah, drew my grey mantle close about me, and, trying to forget the cold which nipped me without, and the unsatisfied hunger which gnawed me within.
11  I leant against a pillar of the verandah, drew my grey mantle close about me, and, trying to forget the cold which nipped me without, and the unsatisfied hunger which began to gnaw me within.
12  The dog nipped the postman on the leg.