digestions
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pluralof digestion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
digestionnounthe process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
Example Sentences
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“Here are some reliable recipes for seasonable candies warranted to be no more harmful to youthful digestions and appetites than most other candies.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2014
In the face of the barrages of entertainment fired at them by advertisers, U.S. children have not only retained their sanity and their digestions but kept a deadly critical sense.
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Healthy men with strong digestions, Robert Burton held, need less sleep than those with weak stomachs; sanguine and choleric men need less than the phlegmatic, and the melancholic need most of all.
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Few travelers in search of tranquillity and an authentic native culture would risk their dollars or digestions today on such tourist emporiums as San Juan and St. Maarten.
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Our digestions might be worth a million dollars to the dyspeptic Rockefeller.
From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Charles W. L. Bryde