Example Sentences

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If we are dieting, under-eating, restricting our intake of food or overeating, we can be consumed by thoughts about food.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2023

More than one in every four children in England are dieting, including some who are a healthy weight and as young as eight, research suggests.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2022

An April 2015 report from Marketdata Enterprises, which tracks the diet and fitness industry, estimates that 17.2 million adults ages 55 and older are dieting.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2015

Big banks are dieting instead of amputating: they are selling smaller units and laying off staff without completely dismantling themselves.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2012

White cakes, golden cakes, delicately browned pies,—if you are dieting by any chance you flee temptation and leave the "Mouse Trap" behind you.

From Greenwich Village by Cram, Allan G. (Allan Gilbert)