Example Sentences

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I had dieted myself into a binge-eating disorder, and that really scared me.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2018

By last week he had dieted to 361 Ib., was still unemployed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yesterday I felt as if I had dieted upon diamonds and were sparkling with rainbow colors like an icicle in the sun.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

"It looks as if you had dieted for some days, then."

From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de

And I thought fat could not harm me, as the poet says, for I had dieted to-day.

From Believe You Me! by Putnam, Nina Wilcox