Example Sentences

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Because satiety signals take time to travel from the stomach to the brain, by the time people realize they’re full, these high-density foods all but ensure they’ve already substantially overeaten.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2023

There are so many variations of the cheap, convenient food that’s engineered to be overeaten that if you tax some, others will take up the slack.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

Consumers may blame themselves for overindulging in these foods, but what if it is in the nature of these products to be overeaten?

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2020

Peterson said the park’s balsam fir trees, the preferred food for moose during winter, are being overeaten.

From Washington Times • Apr. 18, 2017

Cobras gloat naturally," said Clovis, "just as wolves are always ravening from mere force of habit, even after they've hopelessly overeaten themselves.

From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki