start eating

Example Sentences

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Professor Steinmetz explained that deciding when to start eating with others is a common social dilemma.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 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

Once we see, smell and start eating food, it takes 20-30 minutes for leptin to become active.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024

Cummings suggests that people looking to start eating a plant-based or vegan diet can benefit from tracking their spending.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

She couldn't wait for her dad to leave so that she could start eating everything.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell