Example Sentences

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“My dad will chew my ear off if I ever try to act like a kicker and back off,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

“These jobs will chew you up and spit you out if you let them, right?” he added later.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021

The caveat is an $84,595 starting price, about $10,500 beyond a 760-horsepower Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, and just $400 less than the CT5-V Blackwing, to name two cars that will chew the BMW for breakfast.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

Biographers and political historians will chew on those factors for decades, no doubt.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2021

One false step and the wheels, they will chew you up!

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads