Example Sentences

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Sometimes they will have eaten during the day and don’t want anything.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Hopefully, because it’s a year away, all the big lanky people will have eaten too much and won’t be able to make the weight.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2020

Over the years, a plugged-in food person will have eaten a cumulative meal of even the most far-flung restaurant’s food.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 2, 2015

Bilyaletdinov: Well then, there will be a different coach because I won't exist anymore, since you will have eaten me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2014

They will have eaten their breakfast now, the infantry, and maybe they’re on the march.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara