consume
verb (used with object)
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
consumed
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past participleof consume.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof consume.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
consumeverb (used with object)to destroy or expend by use; use up.
Example Sentences
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Yuma County alone grows more than 175 crops and produces 80% to 90% of the leafy greens consumed in the U.S. during the winter—roughly $1.3 billion in direct crop sales in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Every night as she fell asleep, Varsha would watch a stranger on the internet diarising what they'd consumed that day.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The largest fire struck the southwestern Gironde department, where 42,000 hectares were consumed in mid-July, a record not seen since 1949.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The residual optimism that briefly consumed me slowly deflated.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Farmer hated vodka but now he cheerfully drank it, just as in Haiti, at a peasant’s home, he consumed the unrecognizable dishes offered him—what Farmer called “the fifth food group”—so he wouldn’t offend anyone.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
