Sentences with phrase «by nipping at the heels of»

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Luca Guadagnino's lavish queer drama «Call Me By Your Name» topped the best films list, with David Lowery's playfully supernatural «A Ghost Story» and Dee Rees» postwar tale of racial prejudice in the south, «Mudbound,» nipping at its heels.

With some breeds, such as Border Collies, biting or nipping is even more instinctive because of the nature of the breed - they're born and bred to herd livestock, and that's how a 50 or 60 pound dog will control a 1,000 pound cow - by biting at the heels or nose.

They have the propensity to herd people by means of nipping at their heels.

Australian Cattle Dog has been nicknamed a «Red Heeler» or «Blue Heeler» on the basis of its colouring and practice of moving reluctant cattle by nipping at their heels.

The low - slung Corgi, perhaps one foot tall at the shoulders, can drive a herd of cows to pasture just by leaping and nipping at their heels.