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Examples (10)

• She was anxiously chewing at her lower lip.
• He tends to chew at his fingernails when he's nervous.
• The puppy spent all morning chewing at the corner of the new rug.
• Lost in thought, the author chewed at the end of his pen.
• Frustrated, the dog began to chew at the wooden door frame.
• I had a bad habit of chewing at my shirt collar as a child.
• I could see him chewing at his thumb during the scary movie.
• Stop chewing at your cuticles; it's a terrible habit.
• The hamster kept chewing at the bars of its cage, trying to escape.
• He would just sit there for hours, chewing at a piece of straw.