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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As one might expect, it found that lower-income households struggle to fund their retirement because their resources are consumed by child-care expenses, staples such as food and gas and housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
After Neu5Gc is consumed, the body absorbs it and can incorporate it into human tissues.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Katja Hoyer’s “Weimar” is a powerful and detailed reconstruction of a “stark and terrifying example of a collapsed democracy” and how that collapse consumed the conscience of a particular city.
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 nature of light was a problem that had consumed scientists for centuries.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
