Then he went back to the rocking and the whittling.

Flint worked at his whittling and did not look up.

He paused in his whittling and looked around the cabin.

If he turned around, George Stark would do a little whittling of his own.

You could do a lot worse than hire him" He resumed his whittling.

Some people felt there was too much whittling.

"Just a little whittling while the Oversoul pumped knowledge into my head.

The heavy table in the corner still bore the marks of Kerry's idle whittling.

He stared at me blankly, then lowered his eyes to his whittling.

Archie's whittling annoyed her and she frowned at him.

He enjoyed his whittling but of course he was not going to whittle down any houses.

Flint asked, looking up from his whittling.

The arms of it bore the marks of Amber's idle whittling.

There'll be a couple willing to face the swamp, I'm sure," the mate replied, concentrating on his whittling.

Those who have watched his whittling say he has been influential in shaping New Jersey's responses to important public issues for a decade.

Good: the whittling had already begun.

His jaw tightened, and his hand closed in a fist around his whittling.

The prosecution laboured long on the amount of time the whittling had taken which therefore proved considerable premeditation.

Fireman went back to his whittling.

With a curse, Sloan resumed his whittling.

Robert Sweet Medicine ceased his whittling and looked at Baedecker.

The minute I did that, the squeaking of the floor encouraged Grandpa to reach for his whittling and begin another rabbit.

It will take careful whittling and shap- "t will take some time.

A few minutes' whittling caused a fairy cobbler to emerge from the tree in which his spirit had evidently been imprisoned.

His whittling of words is a reflection of his distaste for reflection.

Since then, each has been trying to whittle down the other's number.

He had whittled away at her until she'd given him more.

The thing must be all but whittled away by now.

Without job or family, his life was again whittled down to just himself.

A lead that had been 20 points was whittled to 6.

The American had been whittling away at that lead ever since.

After that, she said, whittle down the list to what is really important to us.

By close of play, the field will have been whittled down to the final six.

There used to be a lot more, but the years have whittled us away.

"Over the last couple of years, we've been trying to whittle down what our message should be."

That sort of fighting will whittle us down to nothing.

"You had reported that his strategy was to whittle them down."

The company's name was whittled down from about 400 names.

She said, "You were right to whittle them down while the chance was there."

Through the work of the police this was whittled down to below 300.

Whatever benefits you may have now are going to get whittled down to nothing.

"We began with a big list and have been whittling it down."

And a cast of 36 has been whittled down to 16.

And so gradually I whittled the people down to six.

"Did we really whittle them down by forty percent in one day?"

They started whittling him down, one leg and then the other.

Here the game is to whittle away at the edges.

He had the Council whittled down to five now, but it certainly looked like four too many!

With 19 minutes still remaining, the American lead was whittled to 3-2.

The lower part of the door had been whittled away and broken out.