She kept chewing her fingernails, to the point where Jordan expected them to bleed at any moment.

I can't begin to tell you how many people are chewing their fingernails and waiting for the news.

Jacob, so far, had been chewing his fingernails and listening, without speaking.

But this chewing his fingernails to the elbow wasn't getting him anywhere, either; he'd have to find something that he could stick a tooth into.

I'd better get back to the hotel and start chewing my fingernails in public.

She rather enjoyed the thought of Arymilla chewing her fingernails.

BUT by living so close to the edge, the company keeps analysts chewing their fingernails.

I spent the broadcast in the Communications Room, chewing my fingernails.

It beat chewing his fingernails waiting for his moment to speak.

She went back down the path while Bill listened to the noises of the jungle and chewed his fingernails.