Example Sentences

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Consumed by jealousy, Richard wonders how to bring Gwyn down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Aja Barber, advocate and author of Consumed: The Need for Collective Change, says social trends that imbue status to objects, like water bottles, can prey on kids’ insecurities.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

Consumed by anxiety and depression, socialising was near-impossible and she struggled to leave the safety of her parents' sides.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2023

Consumed by grief, Francis Kerrigan attended an open-casket viewing of the body that was supposed to be his son, and did not recognize it was the wrong person.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Consumed by all the dementor is making him feel.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling