eaten up with/by

idiom

: unable to escape (a feeling, such as jealousy, bitterness, etc.) and made unhappy by it

He was eaten up with envy of his brother's success.

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The strike has exposed fault lines inside a company where senior executives long focused on returns, while Machinists saw their wages eaten up by inflation and their pension plan evaporate under a controversial 2014 contract. —

Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024 In Rome’s historic center, for example, they’ll get eaten up by the sampietrini, or cobblestones. —

Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024 Sequoia partner Bogomil Balkansky said the deal is particularly helpful for pre-seed stage companies that might only have a few million dollars in funding, a huge chunk of which could be eaten up by cloud costs. —

Ina Fried, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024 During public comment, Valparaiso resident Dawn Miller pointed out that a 3% raise will be eaten up by county employees’ health insurance being moved to a high deductible plan. —

Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for eaten up with/by

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