How to Use nub in a Sentence

nub

noun

• The dog chewed his bone down to a nub.
• The shoes have little nubs on the bottom that prevent you from slipping.
• And the nub of the questions always cuts to the heart of what the issue was.
  — CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
• So the gap between those two views is the nub of the matter.
  — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
• And that’s the nub of it; rhetoric alone cannot support the lira.
  — Washington Post, 2 May 2019
• Antlers on males will grow from nubs to full racks in three months.
  — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
• Huge trees lay on the ground, their stumps reduced to nubs.
  — Adrian Sainz and Andrew Demillo, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• Old swordfish have even been caught with bills worn down to nubs.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
• The pumpkin would not come off because its strap was lodged around the back of the deer's head, stuck on the nubs of his antlers.
  — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• Cut the hard nub end off the garlic clove, and smash it with the flat side of your knife; the skin should come right off (discard it).
  — Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 18 July 2018
• Next, pull the nub off the top of the avocado to reveal the color of the flesh inside.
  — Daniel Holzman and Matt Rodbard, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
• Wilson, who threw right and batted left, did it all with a nub for a right thumb.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 18 Feb. 2021
• Or the eyeliner that's been sharpened down to no more than a nub.
  — Sophia Panych, Allure, 28 Feb. 2022
• The end of one of the armrests in the back has been chewed into a foamy nub by some dog or another.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Town & Country, 19 Oct. 2020
• The nub of his lecture was a screed against the institutions that comprise the British state.
  — The Economist, 20 Nov. 2020
• In the Lims’ living room, a hula hoop with rubber nubs on the inside leaned against a wall.
  — Emma Allen, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
• Nadal often kicks clean the nub of tape in the middle of the baseline before heading to his chair for a changeover.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2022
• That’s because the nub of your wrist bone prevents the sensor from laying flat.
  — Geoff Nudelman, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2021
• In addition to the ThinkPad-like look and feel, there’s a red key on the side of the phone in a nod to Lenovo’s classic keyboard nub.
  — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
• Asparagus nubs were cut so small, the vegetable's flavor got lost in the heat.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
• That’s the nub of this entire case that’s turned into a media circus.
  — Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• The nub of the argument is that there are trade-offs involved in decisions about how, when and where to work.
  — London Business School, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
• By the time Moore came along, the party’s moral sensibilities had been worn to a nub.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Dec. 2017
• Can’t tell if that little protruding nub is a stinger or not.
  — oregonlive.com, 12 July 2019
• The rosy nubs that were the nipples of the tetas of the nanny Fidelia began pointing in one direction.
  — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• The bacon scent will keep your dog engaged and happy, while the ridges and nubs on the surface of the bone help clean their teeth and massage their gums.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
• Eventually, Barnett made her way down to the tiny nub at the center of each lens.
  — Carl Zimmer, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2020
• The small pretzel nubs are about the size of a Munchkin, but don’t deliver nearly the same degree of pleasure.
  — Janelle Nanos, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• My favorite component may have been the peach gum, small amber nubs of a chewy, sticky substance I was told came from the sap of a peach tree.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
• If your partner is open to it, explore gentle sucking around their nub and even directly on it, Dr. O’Reilly says.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024