ingest
verb (used with object)
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
was ingesting
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past progressiveof ingest.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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He even has a Substack newsletter offering insights and daily reassurance to his worried readers — “Hopium Chronicles,” the name taken from what the pollster Nate Silver suggested he was ingesting back in 2022.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
It only makes you wonder what medications “Dr. Feelgood” Jackson was ingesting the day he came to the briefing room and spread that charm.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024
That’s because she was ingesting large amounts of colloidal silver, which are small particles of the metal silver in a liquid solution.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2024
He hoisted the bag, opened his mouth and poured before realizing he was ingesting goldfish and ants.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
I came to see the wisdom of allowing fish and vegetables to supplement all the boiled flour I was ingesting.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2014
