fasting
- present participle of fast.
Example Sentences
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At the protest site in the capital Delhi, he began fasting on 28 June and has consumed nothing but salt and water since then, losing more than 9kg.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The late fasting group used an eight hour window beginning after 1:00 p.m.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
The researchers examined the popular 16:8 approach to intermittent fasting.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
In recent years, critics have continued to question whether fasting unto death belongs in a constitutional democracy.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
He would have been fasting for months while waiting for the sea ice to re-form, but he was still twice as big as the bear that had wrecked them before.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
