consuming
strongly and urgently felt: a consuming need to be successful.
Origin of consuming
1Other words from consuming
- con·sum·ing·ly, adverb
- con·sum·ing·ness, noun
- non·con·sum·ing, adjective
- qua·si-con·sum·ing, adjective
- self-con·sum·ing, adjective
- un·con·sum·ing, adjective
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How to use consuming in a sentence
(1) Only charities and non-profits should ask for unpaid workers to staff their operations or undertake time-consuming projects.
Yes, I am familiar with people asking me to do time-consuming projects for free—I get at least one such request every day.
Garry says the biggest problem with this test is in its high-tech, time-consuming method.
This New Ebola Test Is As Easy As a Pregnancy Test, So Why Aren’t We Using It? | Abby Haglage | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe the key, as with so many other foods, lies in consuming artificially sweetened goods in moderation.
What I mean to say is that the calories he is consuming match the calories expended—at 200 pounds, or 300 pounds, or 400 pounds.
‘The Biggest Loser’ Could Be TV’s Most Important Show Ever | Daniela Drake | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Look beyond the phenomena of uplifted mountain-masses, deep-scooped ocean basins, forest-laying tempests and land-consuming waves.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardIn Scotland we also missed much, but very little that we could have reached without consuming considerably more time.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyAnd all the priests made prayer, while the sacrifice was consuming, Jonathan beginning, and the rest answering.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIt was rather his consuming of vitality and lack of sleep that seemed to be wearing him down before their eyes.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonFive hundred wigwams were burning within the same narrow compass—consuming alike the bodies of the wounded and the dead.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington Greene
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