were consuming
- past progressive of consume.
Example Sentences
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Throughout Sante’s life, there had been glimmers of a desire to become a woman, but she’d never probed whether there might be a deeper significance to these urges even when they were consuming her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
They found that the spiders were consuming more aquatic insect prey in the tropics than in the UK, resulting in higher overall dietary diversity in the tropical food-webs, on-land.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
The models sometimes appeared as if the garments were consuming them.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
And by the Middle Ages, felines in some Middle Eastern ports were consuming large quantities of fish—including tuna—likely because they were feasting on the scraps left by fishers.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2023
He glanced toward the kitchen, which the flames were consuming with glee, and headed across the living room toward Angel’s bedroom.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
