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
After she was able to start eating again, it still took a full two weeks to recover as she continued to feel extremely tired, suffer from brain fog, and experience bad headaches.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
At some point, she had called a hunger strike, but that day her father urged her to start eating again and she agreed.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
Our arms would be touching if I’d stop being such a weirdo and start eating, but instead, I take a couple gulps of my iced tea and just sit.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
