Example Sentences

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Early on, the knock was that New England, 4-13 the last couple of seasons, was feasting on an easy schedule, including light hors d’oeuvres like the Jets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

While Edey was feasting, the rest of the Boilermakers got caught in a wave of Huskies.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Davis was feasting against the smaller Thunder early, putting in work in the box, letting them know this was how it was going to be all night long.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2023

The passage was about King Belshazzar of ancient Babylon, who was feasting when mysterious fingers of a hand wrote on the wall of his imminent destruction.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022

And there was feasting and dancing, and pony-racing, and being religious, though the last was not at all tiresome, being full of buffalo dances, and wolf songs, and generally ending in a sarvis-berry stew.

From Dusty Star by Baker, Olaf