Example Sentences

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Some mosquitoes had fed on more than one host.

From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026

The NBA had worked with sportsbooks to remove easily manipulable offerings such as missed free throws or turnovers even before federal indictments alleged that Rozier and other league figures had fed information to gamblers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

Mangala had fed Ajit breakfast and taken him to the kitchen as she cooked.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

Invasive species such as the overbite clam consumed the zooplankton on which juvenile smelt had fed, toxic chemicals in farm runoff fouled the waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

After he had fed his team and I had fed Katy Logan's, we went to the station.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell