flesh-eating
Example Sentences
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The reemergence of the flesh-eating screwworm could not come at a worse time for the beef industry—or cows.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
The first case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that typically feeds on livestock, has been detected a calf in Texas—the first U.S. case in six decades.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Luke Abrahams, from East Hunsbury, Northampton, died on 23 January 2023 after also developing necrotising fasciitis, which is a type of flesh-eating disease.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Even more recent insights that other people are more dangerous than the flesh-eating undead are played out.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
The horses whinnied and made me a whole lot of promises that they would be good flesh-eating horses from now on, but I didn’t stick around to chat.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
