Example Sentences

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Flames from the Windy fire are chewing the trunks of trees within Long Meadow Grove, home to some 1,500-year-old sequoias along the Trail of 100 Giants.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2021

They are chewing up land to create part of Britain’s new border with the European Union - a customs clearance depot with room for up to 2,000 trucks.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2020

When you bite into something crunchy, you think about what you are chewing on.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2016

When you are chewing, you do not find it difficult to breathe simultaneously.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

They are chewing me alive like an infestation of thoughts, shame, mistakes.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson