Example sentences for: consuming

How can you use “consuming” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One noted exception was that post-term infants whose mothers reported consuming fish for 8+ years had slightly smaller head circumferences than other infants, but these effects were negligible (<1 cm) and based on small sample sizes.

  • The Physicians' Health Study found no significant reduction in the relative risk of developing colorectal cancer in individuals consuming 325 mg of aspirin every other day for 5 years [ 46 ] . The Nurses' Health Study reported that a significant decrease in risk was only seen in women who took aspirin on a regular basis for 10 or more years [ 13 ] . Whether this simple explanation accounts for the difference in results reported here and by Mahmoud et al . [ 9 ] does not seem likely.

  • Esther F. Lardent, director of the Pro Bono Institute at Georgetown University Law Center, said the good economic times of the late '90s saw lawyers at large firms suddenly responsible for as many as 2,300 billable hours per year, compared with the less time- consuming and more typical 1,700 hours.

  • As with other etymological quests, the search for backwords and newances may become a consuming hobby.

  • But Yeats' talent was huge: It survived by consuming its own weaknesses.


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