consume
verb (used with object)
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
half-consumed
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a word derived from
consume.
Example Sentences
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Abandoned strollers and empty lawn chairs, some with half-consumed drinks in the cupholders, were lined up along the sidewalk.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2022
She refrigerates half-consumed bottles, determined never to waste a drop.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
The bats, messy eaters, dropped their half-consumed meals.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
Still, let’s not deny the right of a free people to express their opinions about the products they’ve consumed, or half-consumed, or barely even consumed, or merely thought about consuming.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019
Only when the piano ceased did he awake to the fact, and then half-savagely he knocked out its half-consumed contents and turned inwards.
From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
