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
The half-consumed logs were thrown aside to smoulder and die out, and dirt thrown upon the coals to extinguish their brightness.
From The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia by James Wells Champney
