taking nourishment

He had been very good and tractable about taking nourishment, and certainly looked and was all the better for generous diet.

As they passed the group of cattle they saw the calf contentedly taking nourishment from a cow that was evidently its mother.

The natural wants, as that of taking nourishment, are interior movements, which necessarily create desire or appetite.

Wherefore, she remained in her own yard, a steadfast spectator, taking nourishment into her system at regular intervals.

For days he insisted on the saucer promenade, taking nourishment only by applying his wayward little tongue to each foot in turn.