Example Sentences

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Consumed by jealousy, Richard wonders how to bring Gwyn down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Consumed by the story, Pietro says through the making of this film he embarked on a similar journey to Preciado’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024

Aja Barber, advocate and author of Consumed: The Need for Collective Change, says social trends that imbue status to objects, like water bottles, can prey on kids’ insecurities.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

Consumed by anxiety and depression, socialising was near-impossible and she struggled to leave the safety of her parents' sides.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2023

Consumed by the great drive toward wealth and power that had begun after the end of the Civil War, America seemed to have scant interest in celebrating its distant past.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson