- present participle of fast.
fasting
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The research was led by kinesiology and nutrition professor Krista Varady, a longtime researcher in the field of intermittent fasting.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
It is the fasting warming continent, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus climate service.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In late 2022, Elon Musk posted that he lost 30 pounds by fasting and taking semaglutide.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
People who lowered their protein intake lost weight and body fat and showed improvements in fasting blood sugar, despite often consuming more total calories.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
He remembered that at that time he had boasted of three things to Kamala, three noble and invincible arts: fasting, waiting and thinking.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
His prayers and fastings so weakened the body, that frequently for hours and sometimes for days he would lose consciousness, and fall into death-like swoons.
From Glories of Spain by Charles W. (William) Wood
Some of them wore chains, and were ruining their health with over-watchings and fastings.
From Brother Francis Less than the least by Eileen Douglas
He is worn out with long fastings and continued abstinence and prayer.
From A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Little suspecting the frame of mind his communication is to find us in, and that, in place of doughty deeds and chivalrous exploits, our thoughts are turned to fastings, mortifications, and whipcord!
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever
“In fastings and labours manifold, Did John in the wilderness toil of old, And so may peace be thine.”
From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Matilda of Magdeburg
