How to Use consumptive in a Sentence

consumptive

adjective

• But the opera really hinges on the role of the consumptive seamstress Mimi.
  — cleveland.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The most festive time of year – the winter holidays – is also the most consumptive.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2022
• But trash is a persistent, consumptive force that’ll set up shop in any eager host.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• And all this is happening as our consumptive habits require more goods, more packaging, more waste.
  — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
• Existing programs tend to focus on consumptive users, or hunters and anglers, given the revenue source of most state agencies.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022
• There is also a growing movement for less-consumptive lifestyles that favors zero-waste goals.
  — Ana Baptista, The Conversation, 20 June 2019
• The takeaway is clear now: Behind all their musings about faith and destiny and self-actualization, the Matrix is as much about the bone-shaking, consumptive carnality of life.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
• This isn’t an act of kindness; Ratso desperately needs someone to look after him as winter closes in and his consumptive lung disease worsens.
  — Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
• But a coterie of groups are hoping their concerns about the way native carnivores are managed will also be considered and given equal weight alongside consumptive users.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2022
• The non-consumptive nature of birding allows a virtually unlimited number of people to share in the enjoyment of a sighting.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2021
• Yet Front Range communities continue to water needlessly consumptive lawns and gardens to keep the place looking like a community in the Midwest.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2019
• Agricultural irrigation is considered one of the biggest consumptive uses of large-scale water withdrawals, meaning the water does not return to the basin after it's used.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2018
• Similarly, if someone buys a digital asset seeking access to a particular blockchain, then that can be thought of as a kind of arcade token with a consumptive use, rather than as an investment tool.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2022
• The area’s lenient winters, ideal for citrus groves, were just as attractive to consumptive European aristocrats.
  — Zoey Poll, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
• Non-consumptive uses that return water back to the system, like hydropower generation, can move forward.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
• But the opera really hinges on the role of the consumptive seamstress Mimi.
  — cleveland.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The most festive time of year – the winter holidays – is also the most consumptive.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2022
• But trash is a persistent, consumptive force that’ll set up shop in any eager host.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• And all this is happening as our consumptive habits require more goods, more packaging, more waste.
  — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
• Existing programs tend to focus on consumptive users, or hunters and anglers, given the revenue source of most state agencies.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022
• There is also a growing movement for less-consumptive lifestyles that favors zero-waste goals.
  — Ana Baptista, The Conversation, 20 June 2019
• The takeaway is clear now: Behind all their musings about faith and destiny and self-actualization, the Matrix is as much about the bone-shaking, consumptive carnality of life.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
• This isn’t an act of kindness; Ratso desperately needs someone to look after him as winter closes in and his consumptive lung disease worsens.
  — Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
• But a coterie of groups are hoping their concerns about the way native carnivores are managed will also be considered and given equal weight alongside consumptive users.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2022
• The non-consumptive nature of birding allows a virtually unlimited number of people to share in the enjoyment of a sighting.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2021
• Yet Front Range communities continue to water needlessly consumptive lawns and gardens to keep the place looking like a community in the Midwest.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2019
• Agricultural irrigation is considered one of the biggest consumptive uses of large-scale water withdrawals, meaning the water does not return to the basin after it's used.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2018
• Similarly, if someone buys a digital asset seeking access to a particular blockchain, then that can be thought of as a kind of arcade token with a consumptive use, rather than as an investment tool.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2022
• The area’s lenient winters, ideal for citrus groves, were just as attractive to consumptive European aristocrats.
  — Zoey Poll, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
• Non-consumptive uses that return water back to the system, like hydropower generation, can move forward.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022

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