eaten

Example Sentences

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But that $1 million sitting in a savings account could risk getting slowly eaten by inflation, in the same way that moths chew away at your favorite suit in your closet.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Ramesh Srinivasan, a professor of information studies at UCLA, said these kinds of deals are the “new normal” and that “almost every single industry is being sort of eaten up by the Pac-Man of AI.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“If you’re going to keep an original Alexander McQueen,” she says wisely, “you don’t want it eaten by moths.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The gas-price move we have seen so far has eaten up the tax benefit for about two-thirds of consumers.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Did that mean that she had eaten the cat—or only that she would like to?

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville