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Example sentences from the Web for chippingWhile chipping away plaster from his kitchen wall, the Guatemalan man unearthed a series of centuries-old Mayan murals. 7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance|The Daily Beast|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Chipping away on the comedy circuit could be the start to something big. Ralph Nader and Grover Norquist: Washington’s Most Unlikely Bromance|Eleanor Clift|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is chipping away at the uninsured population in the United States. Inside Obamacare’s 11th Hour|Ben Jacobs, Olivia Nuzzi|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Thieves are chipping away at the remains of archaeological and cultural wonders, removing prieceless artifacts piece by piece. Pompeii Made It Through a Volcano, but Can It Survive Vandals?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For decades now writers and journalists have been chipping away at the myth of Orwell to reveal some of the truth. Orwell’s Lies: His Diaries Reveal Problems with the Truth|Jimmy So|August 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST Chipping it with an adze, and boring it with an augur, to ascertain its quality. The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth And when he disappears inside the mountain to talk with the Great Spirit, why, thats the time he does his chipping of gold. The Broncho Rider Boys Along the Border|Frank Fowler But between British, Canadian and Australian this "chipping" was dropped. The bullets came rattling in hundreds, chipping the walls and cutting branches from the trees. In the Field (1914-1915)|Marcel Dupont This is the chief preventive of chipping and breaking, and it also allows room enough in the water for thorough washing. The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping|Elizabeth Hale Gilman
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nounanother name for chip (def. 1) Words nearby chippingChippendale, chipper, Chippewa, Chippewa Falls, Chippeway, chipping, chipping sparrow, chipproof, chippy, chipset, chip shot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to chippingsplinter, chop, nick, crack, hack, whack, gash, slice, crumble, clip, fragment, split, chisel, damage, flake, incise, break, shape, hew, whittle |