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
She noticed, too, that he had flung away his half-consumed cigar in impatience, and that he had rubbed his chin with his left hand, a habit of his when puzzled.
From The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime by William Le Queux
