- present tense form of eat (3rd person singular).
eats
Example Sentences
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I tell Hanan my son usually eats them with raw carrot sticks and pasta.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The resemblance might have ended there, except Kennedy recently told an interviewer that he eats beef twice a day, generally grass-fed strip steak.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The result suggests that elevated oxalate in the intestines may be driven less by the quantity of oxalate a person eats and more by a biological problem in how the gut processes it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
“It makes waiting for food less irritating,” said Gulati, who eats fast food several times a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Everyone eats in silence for a few minutes and tries to digest these heavy thoughts.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
