Words similar to nipping

Example sentences for: nipping

How can you use “nipping” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Perhaps the polar bodies function to somehow enforce some maternal or family interest, nipping in the bud some sibling rivalry that would otherwise suppress the family's fitness.
What has allowed Intel to dominate its many competitors, who are perennially nipping at its heels with computer chips that are supposedly faster or cheaper, is that Intel does a much better job of making chips reliably and efficiently.
(And it's worth noting that we had already waited for about an hour for our luggage with two little kids and impatient in-laws nipping at our heels.)
90)--Call me square, but I think paying for nipping and clinching degrades everyone involved.