Example Sentences

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And some teenagers, both boys and girls, were chewing resin to produce glue, just after munching on trout and deer, as well as on hazelnuts.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Patrick Collison, the now 34-year-old billionaire CEO of the online payments company Stripe, and economist Tyler Cowen were chewing over a shared concern: Scientific progress seemed to be slowing down.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Flames were chewing through the brushy grasses of a nearby hillside, spewing white smoke as Hvolboll surveyed from above.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2021

The twins were born without complication, but in time, they began climbing on everything, and were chewing on tables and chairs and window sills.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2017

But here and there small purple flowers shone iridescently, and in the upturned earth and ragged dunes a few delicate asters grew; for some reason, hundreds of tiny fuzzy caterpillers were chewing on the asters.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols