Sentences with phrase «something gnaws»

The nautical scenes are effective, shot at sea on a ship functionally identical to the Maersk Alabama, and the whole thing looks and feels authentic even when something gnaws at your mind to tell you that no, this probably isn't the situation.

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Worse, when I actually did have time to indulge in something entertaining — reading a book, watching a movie or attending a college football game — it was almost impossible for me to fully enjoy the experience due to the gnawing guilt that I was not at trade show or making a sales call or reconciling the financials.

You said «This presents a real problem in that you would not argue your position if something inside of you is not gnaw awing to break through the darkness.»

This he continued until his hands and arms had become almost tremulous with the strain, and then he devised something else: two leather gloves; and he caused a brazier to fit them all over with sharp - pointed brass tacks, and he used to put them on at night, in order that if he should try while asleep to throw off the hair undergarment, or relieve himself from the gnawings of the vile insects, the tacks might then stick into his body.

The problem is that even after a good dinner, I'm sometimes left with a gnawing urge for a little something sweet.

I know well that if I don't have tasty, healthy, nutrient dense snacks at the ready, I'll grab something less than satisfactory to quell the gnawing hunger and kicking baby in my tummy.

What gnawed at me was how anyone could call something like this art.

Still, there's something that will continue to gnaw at Valverde's mind.

I don't even like touching a shopping cart handle myself (who knows what kind of gross things are on it), so after I caught my daughter gnawing on the handle, I had to do something about it.

I think «they» call it cat tongue or something but it feels like a rat is gnawing at my ta - tas.

In addition to gnawing in the pit of our stomach, guilt also motivates us to self - reflect when undesirable things happen and drives us to do something different in the future to avoid a repeat of guilt - inducing outcomes.

My 11 month old started gnawing on her crib a few months ago, and I actually made something similar for the front and the sides.

Most importantly for something that your child will put in his mouth three times a day, and possibly gnaw on a bit, the Preserve Toothbrush is BPA - free and Phthalate - Free.

When your baby wants to gnaw on something, try using a frozen washcloth or a frozen teething ring to satisfy his need to chew while relieving pain at the same time.

With caution, I have enjoyed watching the Dugger's loving, squeaky clean family show, but something just kept gnawing at me.

A clinical faculty member in the autism clinic at Yale University, Gault was doing something she loved — working with children — but her inability to offer these desperate young patients and their families better interventions was beginning to gnaw at her.

Something is gnawing at her, though.

«This has been a gnawing problem for too long, and something should be done,» particularly about the stagnant numbers of junior women faculty members.

At first, I figured it was from something I'd eaten — pizza was a staple in my teenage diet, so maybe I'd gnawed too hard on some crust?

I eat a healthy LCHF ketogenic diet but often I can be found gnawing away on a steak being too lazy to cook any green vegetables or maybe I've missed some eggs or something.

Mindful shopping, mindful cooking, mindful eating — regardless of what you're eating, even (and especially) if it's cake — is a form of control that, when you're suffering with the chronic, painful blues, can seem almost impossible... But which, if you can make it work, can give you something of yourself back from the apathetic and downright miserable ol' black dog that's gnawing at your coat tails.

Even when you know no one knows / can tell, it just gnaws at you and you can't stop thinking of / picking at something you did when sewing when you wear the garment.

Katniss» rising popularity as a beacon of hope begins to gnaw at President Snow (Donald Sutherland), who has Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) game his own system in a novel attempt to first discredit her, and then kill her by devising something special for the 75th anniversary of the Hunger Games: The players for the games will be selected from among the survivors of previous games, meaning Katniss and Peeta will once more have to fight to death.

No matter how perfect we all seem to others from the outside, inside is a gnawing hunger for something different, even if that something different isn't necessarily something better.

As it stands, I like the movie as a piece of entertainment quite a bit, but the missed potential for something more still gnaws at my feelings of unabashed exuberance.

I hoped I could forget about them to prevent future angst, but something about my lack of understanding microcredentials kept gnawing at me.

«It's like a mosquito that buzzes around your head and then starts gnawing at you until you do something about it.»

A plush toy can be more than just something to gnaw on or retrieve from the backyard.

He would like for Santa to bring him something to help keep him busy... and of course, something on which he can gnaw.

Many bugs can easily chew and gnaw through most netting and thin plastics so you will need something stronger to contain them.

Perhaps your pooch has already destroyed a dog crate and now you need something more robust that will withstand scratching, biting and gnawing.

However, rabbits do enjoy to have some toys like any other animal does, else they may go and gnaw and something they aren't supposed to, like your brand new shoes.

Be sure to keep a block of wood (not plywood) near your rabbit's cage, as they need to gnaw something in order to keep their teeth from growing too long.

It tastes so bad, it discourages animals from ever wanting to chew, bite, lick or gnaw on something coated with it.

It is very important to ensure that chinchillas always have something to chew and gnaw on to help wear down their teeth.

That's why it is important that you provide yours with something to gnaw on at all times.

If you are looking for something that will last and they will gnaw on, this is very likely not it.

Since hamsters love to gnaw, and have incisors made just for that purpose, add a dog biscuit or wood block so your hamster will have something to gnaw on.

Any time your puppy starts to nip or gnaw to relieve tooth pain or starts biting something inappropriate, like shoes or furniture, give him an acceptable chew toy to help ease the pain.

This chew is a recommended choice for aggressive chewers and large breeds that need something to gnaw on besides your furniture.

Not for constant feeding, just lets her gnaw on something.

If you do not offer it something to chew on, it may begin gnawing on the bars of its cage or their eating dishes.

They also frequently get fractures of their upper fourth premolars and first molars from gnawing on a hard bone or chewing rocks or something else too firm to soften.

Always have a good stash of your pup's favourite chews available and redirect the puppy to something appropriate to gnaw on.

This is why it's important to not let a bird use fingers, hands or ears as a chew toy at any time, and to give them something appropriate to gnaw on, like food or a toy, just as you would when training a puppy.

I woke up this morning with a strange twitch, a gnawing at the back of mind that something was missing.

I don't doubt that I'll get back into that groove, so to speak, but it's something — every time around — that begins to gnaw at my growing concerns.

The ephemeral nature of art ebbs and flows of what is of the moment but at the end of the day — there is something to gnaw and relish about a painting where you can see something of yourself.

But a point you raised gnawed at me, and I tentatively reached a result that is an argument for your point of view: if you start with our atmospheric pressure at ground level, the difference in kinetic energy Velasco et al. specify for an altitude difference of, say, 10 km would not be measurable with a time uncertainty less than a second even in principle unless the gas - column width is less than something on the order of 100 nitrogen - molecule diameters across.

For example: Pictures or images that pop into your mind; dreams containing images that help you understand a real - life situation; a physical sensation in your body, like heat or gnawing in your gut; a strong sense that you should or should not do something.