consuming
Example Sentences
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Building a nuclear plant became more time consuming and expensive.
As bees and hummingbirds move from one flower to another, feeding on nectar while helping plants reproduce, they are also consuming something unexpected: small amounts of alcohol.
From Science Daily
The fair is a bet that whatever draws artists to this landscape can sustain something larger without consuming it.
From Los Angeles Times
See: Yes, consumers in China are consuming again.
From MarketWatch
The device studies the air in hospitals to search for traces of common but debilitating infections that are time consuming and expensive to treat.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
