consume
verb (used with object), con·sumed, con·sum·ing.
verb (used without object), con·sumed, con·sum·ing.
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Contemporary Examples of consume
And as technology adapts to reflect the ways we consume media, so too is the family adapting to technology.
This is just the way we consume TV now: our favorite shows, whenever we want them, wherever we want them.
New Innovations Let You Watch TV Anywhere You GoDecember 8, 2014
You consume a nutritionally unbalanced diet because of concerns about “food purity.”
This means supplying proteins and fats because our bodies tend to need to eat less frequently when we consume them.
She is equally desirous of Levine, as animalistic and eager to consume him while sticky with sanguine fluid.
Historical Examples of consume
Between those who produce the means of life, and those who consume them.
The Crown of Wild OliveJohn Ruskin
He then treated the second bird in the same manner, and assisted his lady-love to consume it, as well as the remainder of the oil.
The Giant of the NorthR.M. Ballantyne
In the towns or villages where they stop, they begin by requisitioning food and drink, which they consume till intoxicated.
The Great War and How It AroseAnonymous
Nor has he a moral right to consume on himself the whole even of his profits.
August Comte and PositivismJohn-Stuart Mill
Though not precisely students, they yet consume the midnight oil—chiefly as a beverage.