How to Use chew up in a Sentence

chew up

phrasal verb

• And why on earth are some of my blooms chewed up and spotty?
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
• Cleveland should try to run the football and chew up the clock against the Bengals.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• The river leaped its banks, changed course and chewed up bits of the 13-mile-long Westside road.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• At first, everyone in Paw Patrol got chewed up and spit out.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
• The cell’s own machinery then repairs the cut, chewing up a bit of DNA or adding some in the process, thus disrupting the gene.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2016
• Bonita Vista penalties chewed up big yardage for Hilltop on the nine-play, 80-yard drive capped off when Jose Cabrera powered in from the 2.
  — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
• Concerns about dogs chewing up their beds can be put to rest, as these beds are built to withstand their playful nature.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
• Even so, Mack put up a showing the majority of the 156-player would have happily taken as a firm and fast No. 2 course chewed up many of the game’s elite.
  — Jack Bantock, CNN, 14 June 2024
• That can happy so easily in the NBA, a league chews up and spits out players on an annual basis.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024
• Though not a track star, Washington is a long strider and chews up real estate quickly.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
• My teacher looked at me with disappointment yet seemed amused by the boys who took to scotch tape or even chewed up gum to hold their pillows together.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 May 2024
• Awkward bends in urban trees can be difficult to work with, and nails — or bullets — embedded in trees can chew up saw blades.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• After long runs and races, Neckar breaks open three or four 10-pound bags of ice and empties them into a tub of cold water, then plunges his chewed up legs into the ice bath for 15 minutes.
  — T.j Murphy, Outside Online, 23 Sep. 2020
• However, helmets can slide around, and mouthguards often get chewed up.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2022
• Third, angular breaks in the woody fibers suggested that the plant material had been chewed up rather than stepped on or weathered by water.
  — Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• In both years, the Broncos’ financial obligations to Wilson will chew up far more of their salary cap than Herbert’s contract will consume of the Chargers’ cap.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
• An aspiring actor, Montesi might have gone on to be a star, but instead, she was chewed up and spit out by the film industry, as countless women were.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023
• Say goodbye to concerns that your dog may chew up your bed because these mattresses are made to endure their playful nature and active antics.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2023
• This song speeds past the worst aspect of authoritarian media that chews up and spits out so much popular culture.
  — Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2023
• That means a handful of players will chew up an increasingly larger percentage of cap space, thus leaving less money for all the Ravens’ other needs.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
• The mechanism is complicated, but here’s the gist: A lot of things that salamanders eat, including springtails and beetle larvae, chew up leaves on the forest floor.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
• And each possession will matter, associate head coach Danny Manning told reporters Friday, with the Cavs' penchant for chewing up the clock.
  — The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2024
• The entire cast, though, chews up scenery and spits out fire performances that make this film one of the Coens' more enjoyable cinematic experiences.
  — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
• Such efforts are relatively easy to launch but can chew up resources without creating much value.
  — Byrodney Zemmel, Fortune, 15 May 2024
• The assertion, while untested in the courts, has the advantage to the former president of chewing up time in the service of his strategy of trying to delay any trial until after Election Day.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• Bryant worried that Moore’s insight, authenticity and integrity would not be appreciated, and his friend would be chewed up and spit out.
  — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
• There was also the problem of mRNA’s fragility outside of cells: Unpackaged, it was easily chewed up by enzymes, and getting it through cells’ outer walls was no picnic either.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• Say goodbye to worries about dogs chewing up their beds, as these beds are specifically designed to withstand their playful nature and energetic antics.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2023
• In comparison, a traditional mine’s heavy machinery both spews greenhouse gases and chews up ecosystems.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
• Aside from potentially creating viral imprints in sidewalks, the station reports rats are also making nests in residents' cars and chewing up cables.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024