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But should attacks by the coalition forces continue, the slow whittling away of his heavy weaponry is likely to reduce his options rapidly.

He might be whittling, or splicing a rope, or just sitting.

Andrew especially liked to follow the stream back to a flat rock, where he would sit, whittling and thinking.

Sometimes he'd quiet down and just stare sadly at the floor, like a man whittling.

I was slowly whittling away at my possessions, then took a huge leap when we sold or gave away almost everything and moved to San Francisco.

Translate the following sentence into Chinese, 'But it's a real person who can give you power to focus on whittling a problem down to size.

The market had expected some form of monetary easing but hadn't imagined a whittling of interest rates, even if merely symbolic.

It is whittling away at family reunification rights, and plans to make it harder to settle permanently in Britain.

In the meantime, new competitors are eroding incumbent businesses' market shares, with price wars whittling down their profit margins.

An innocent intimacy, enhanced by the way he was carving, like a boy whittling a stick.

Whittling away at oneself in a dream state is not unusual. Many people find themselves acquiring different forms of handicaps in dreams.

The mere thought can conjure up ideas of hand-cranking appliances and whittling your own kitchen table.

The judges, which included both journalists and scientists, spent an entire day slowly whittling the record 2, 200 images down to the best.

This Moschino Cheap & Chic dress flatters too: the wrap-style top is waist-whittling, while the full skirt makes legs look leaner.

With so many different values sets and worldviews, the importance of whittling down your core beliefs becomes obvious.

Is there any way of whittling down this thicket of medical theorising?

But Russia has spent the past months whittling away the proposed list.

Whittling away at debt comes with many benefits.