- present participle of consume.
consuming
Example Sentences
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Notably, neither scavengers nor flies that fed on the supposedly poisoned carcasses have perished -- creatures that typically succumb after consuming poisoned animals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Alphabet’s Google Cloud backlog has reached $240 billion, also more than doubling year over year, as existing customers are consuming cloud services more than 30% faster than their original commitments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Participants consuming more dairy, however, showed improvements in blood pressure and consumed more calcium, protein, and vitamin D.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“We still have a long runway of more consumers consuming more every day,” Van de Put said on an investor call on July 28.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Exhaustion consuming him, his mind wandered to his short time in the Maze, his time as a Runner and how much he’d wanted it—ever since that first night in the Glade.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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