mastication
Example Sentences
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We are talking about this: “One-fifth of an ounce of the midway section of the young garden onion, sometimes called ‘challot,’ has required 722 mastications before disappearing through involuntary swallowing.”
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2013
Baldy and Sloppy are back to terrify another coach-load of aspiring chefs with their indifferent mastications.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2011
"Do you extrapolate your mastications, too, and get frightened of the stink you might get?"
From Breaking Point by Gunn, James E.
