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# How to pronounce "gnaws" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/gnæws/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **gnaws**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "gnaws" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "And certainly, the fact that my description, which came off my website, featured none of those activities sort of senses that my heart is at home exploring data, and nothing gnaws at me as much as when I'm fighting to prove a theorem that I just can't get, which is true right now. So if I seem a little distracted, that's why."
- **Watch at 11:52**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SJC6a3vac&t=712s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "gnaws at its base it will be Grim unwielding Bleak but I don't want it to"
- **Watch at 73:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GCMR3oCXBc&t=4412s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "which gnaws the very vitals of a man's worldly possessions, let them be small or great, hundreds, or millions. Many persons, as they begin"
- **Watch at 11:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fIBM2k_8xU&t=708s)

### Example 4
> "rover and i just look at this simple comparison of you look at a wolf it gets its leg caught in a trap what does it do it gnaws its leg off and then it figures out how to walk on three legs no problem now the mars rover curiosity got its front wheel stuck in some martian soil and it died this project that cost billions of dollars died because guys"
- **Watch at 75:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386s-y1aRRo&t=4550s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "devours that gnaws distance swallowing itself to grow immense unable to run faster than what runs always faster run away but"
- **Watch at 62:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBKSQtJGkM&t=3736s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "Heartache the ache that burns and gnaws and cannot wash itself away in ready tears but that night when merilla went to bed acutely and miserably conscious"
- **Watch at 514:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tlkTOPYU6I&t=30877s)

### Example 7
> "Our daughter in her rear-facing car seat gnaws on the legs of a rubber giraffe."
- **Watch at 6:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JikBQ7MnjPw&t=361s)

### Example 8
> "And that kind of approach is so deadly and it, it gnaws at you. And I always, I don't like giving people advice because I, who the hell am I?"
- **Watch at 34:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkXluf3OYA&t=2088s)

### Example 9
> "anti-democratic and poo poo it as a system but on the other hand will then go to great lengths to claim that they are more democratic than democratic yeah so clearly there's a legitimacy issue that gnaws away it's about the moral high ground who's got the moral high ground right it's legitimacy too i mean political actual concrete political legitimacy because who justifies you being in power if it's not the people then how does that happen"
- **Watch at 14:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7q3pJKT4Wg&t=894s)

### Example 10
> "Thomas wants to look a little fresher. His sister Marine, who is a medical professional, gnaws him out. First, he has to perforate the skin. I have relatively little subcutaneous fat tissue, and I hate myself for that right now,"
- **Watch at 9:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwzYGYFvrVo&t=582s)


## How to Pronounce "gnaws"

- **Syllables**: gnaws
- **IPA**: `/gnæws/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[gnaw](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gnaw)


## Related Pronunciations

[gnars](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gnars), [gna](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gna), [gnaa](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gnaa), [gnaff](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gnaff), [gnag](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gnag), [gnar](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gnar), [gnarl](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gnarl), [gnarls](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gnarls)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “gnaws”?
“gnaws” is pronounced /gnæws/ (gnaws). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### What does “gnaws” mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of gnaw

### How can I hear “gnaws” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “gnaws” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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