consume
verb (used with object)
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
was consuming
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past progressiveof consume.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Even before this year’s run-up, interest on the debt was consuming a bigger slice of the federal budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In hindsight, she believes her insecurities were shaped by the content she was "consuming".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
That fact had not been presented in testimony, raising concerns that the jury was consuming media reports about the 10-week trial.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
The application was consuming me, organizing my synapses like an automaton farmer who makes Munsen predictions regarding the historical flow of neurotransmission.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2023
I could see it was consuming the energy of the entire city.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
