How to Use feed off in a Sentence

feed off

phrasal verb

• Movies that have that certain je ne sais quoi that almost seems to feed off the audience reaction.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• Cliques are known to be exclusive and feed off the FOMO (fear of missing out) of their peers.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
• Kansas seems to find a way to feed off the crowd to win home games.
  — David Smale, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
• The Knicks are 5-1 at home in these playoffs, feeding off of one of the best home crowds in all of sports.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
• Against the rhythmic whoosh of my own breath in the snorkel, the reef crackles with the dawn brigade of fish feeding off the coral.
  — Women's Health, 31 July 2023
• A lot of guys feed off that energy and there are a lot of guys who are similar.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
• For starters, bacteria and fungus that feed off the dead cells on a used razor.
  — Abbie Kozolchyk, wsj.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• The working class is living paycheck to paycheck and feeding off the scraps.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The environment should be just as rocking , and the Lions will feed off that.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• The decision to do so was a gamble as the type of cancer Munn was battling fed off of hormones.
  — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
• As well, his hope is that with these sorts of groupings, the bands will feed off each other and produce something special.
  — Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• Koh: a dark spirit who feeds off of people paralyzed with fear.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
• For 13 or 17 years the juvenile cicadas, called nymphs, live underground, feeding off the sap of tree roots.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
• The week is all about celebration, and the players feed off the positive energy from the crowds.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• Everyone was feeding off the new irritant the team had just acquired at the trade deadline.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
• The lake is covered with toxic algae that feeds off oil pollution.
  — Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• Remove any piles of cardboard or newspapers; insects can feed off of them.
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
• The South Team’s offense fed off their defense in the ensuing inning as Brown delivered the go-ahead two-run double in the gap, his second hit of the game.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
• Or not a fan of how your anxiety subconsciously fed off of theirs, turning you into a big ball of stress?
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
• Scheffler was grouped with Bhatia on Saturday, and the two fed off one another.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
• Above all, there’s the sheer pulsing ecstasy of a crowd who feed off their queen’s energy and reflect it back to her a thousandfold.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
• There are also still moments of nostalgia, and my music right now feeds off that cocktail.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
• Athenian jumped out to a 9-1 lead, feeding off its own crowd’s energy.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Generals fed off each other with the helter-skelter defense.
  — Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024
• Whitney said her daughter, above all, feeds off her energy.
  — Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
• To get that load off and play with two primary guards in Kihei (Clark) and Reece (Beekman) was big for my development, being able to feed off them.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
• Nationalism is founded on a tightly regimented idea of home, and then feeds off a fear of its loss.
  — Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
• After feeding off jack pine needles for about six weeks, caterpillars pupate and emerge as adult moths six to 10 days later.
  — Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2023
• Warmer waters churn up bigger storms since hurricanes feed off the heat energy.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 22 Aug. 2023
• The family’s disconnection then opens the door to a mysterious creature that feeds off of grief.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024