Example Sentences

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With an aristocratic divorce heating one of that show’s third-season subplots, Fellowes was chewing on something.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

I was still in law school, still trying to find my place in a city that often felt like it was chewing me up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

Ms. Cozzi realized while eating that “she was chewing on a portion of a human finger that had been mixed into, and made a part of, the salad,” the lawsuit reads.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Roads were closed going into town, and multiple planes and helicopters arrived as thick dark smoke billowed from the fire that was chewing its way into town.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2023

Old Johnny Mercer was chewing up the earth with a backhoe.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles