eaten

Example Sentences

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A group of Year 6 children were discovered to have eaten seeds from trees in the school grounds, the county council said.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Bananas can still be eaten on their own or used in smoothies where flavanol intake is not the main goal.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

"We were chasing Spanish mackerel and had one eaten by a pack of six of them, four metres off the edge of the boat," he told AFP.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Prior attacks have eaten into stockpiles of missile interceptors in Israel and the Gulf and forced regional oil and gas infrastructure off line.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It made a change from weeding, and the barn swallows followed to catch the bugs the mower scared up, so you weren’t eaten alive.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck