start eating
Example Sentences
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Then, when those larvae are born into screwworm flies, they start eating, and what they are eating is what they have right there: the flesh of the animal that its mother laid the larvae into.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Professor Steinmetz explained that deciding when to start eating with others is a common social dilemma.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
Knowing this, I decided to start eating an apple with every meal.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2024
"There is a Russian saying - your appetite comes when you start eating," he says.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
“If you all don’t start eating this supper, I’m gonna”— Trotter stopped, fishing around for a proper threat.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
