consumes
- present tense form of consume (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The first chapter still consumes me with grief, anger, and inherited trauma.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Because this process consumes significant amounts of energy, DAC facilities are generally most practical in locations with abundant renewable energy resources.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
This isn’t because they don’t care but because they are doing their jobs and raising their families and can’t spare the emotional energy that pessimism consumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
When an employee asks AI for help, the request consumes digital tokens, which are the currency of LLMs and a cost of doing business.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
“But only if it consumes peculiars. It can eat as many normals as it likes and it will never turn into a wight. Therefore, we must have something normals lack.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
