How to Use consume in a Sentence

consume

verb

• Hundreds of books were consumed in the fire.
• She's making an effort to live more simply and consume less.
• The new lights consume less electricity.
• Cons The process is more time consuming, as the gel takes a longer time to set.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• The water line should be clear, and ice should be safe to consume with the fourth batch.
  — Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2022
• There are, of course, many valid reasons not to consume dairy.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
• The company will produce, the people will consume, and the waste will pile up (and up and up).
  — Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022
• There’s so much kindness and warmth to consume, in a pretty dark time.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2023
• When prepared and consumed in the right way, potatoes can help with weight loss goals.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 12 July 2023
• Now they are believed to consume about 4 to 6 million skins a year.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2024
• In contrast, food consumed away from home in the Bay Area hopped higher by 3.7%, the new report shows.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
• Aim to consume five to eight servings of whole grains daily.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 8 May 2023
• Here are seven tips on how to consume and grow eco-conscious weed.
  — Lindsey Bartlett, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
• The shrews must consume a hefty meal every few hours, lest the animals starve.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
• The yeasts will consume the sugar in your soft cider and turn it into alcohol and gas.
  — Justin Pot, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• The ethanol industry consumes about half of Iowa’s corn crop, and the state leads the nation in corn and ethanol production.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• But over the next few years, the yoga school consumed her life, her family said.
  — Ana Lankes, New York Times, 8 June 2024
• In their grief, the Sturgeons are also consumed by feelings of guilt.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
• The solution may just be to consume your hemp tea earlier in the day.
  — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
• In Bhutan, some families consume more than two pounds a week.
  — Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023
• After the deal passed, hardliners staged a protest that consumed the House for days last month.
  — Molly Ball, Time, 18 July 2023
• For our body size, humans consume and burn more calories each day than any of the other apes.
  — Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
• The work consumed her life and that of her colleagues; the need for therapy is mentioned in the story more than once.
  — Longreads, 26 July 2024
• And that bizarre desire to want to be the other person, and to almost want to consume the other person.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
• New home sales have consumed about a third of the market this year, or double the level in 2019, according to Redfin.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Review the recall to view images of the packages from each store and ensure that your frozen fruit is safe to consume.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 23 June 2023
• How many pints of Guinness do drinkers consume on St. Patrick’s Day worldwide?
  — Irene Richardson, Country Living, 25 Jan. 2023
• The vaccine, which contains a dead cell of the virus, is administered to the bees through the queen feed that worker bees consume.
  — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2023
• This is a type of bacteria that, if consumed, can lead to an infection in the intestinal tract.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
• The existing 1% Illinois grocery tax applies to food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold.
  — Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025