chomp

Example Sentences

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Australia's oceans are teeming with sharks, with great whites topping the list of species that might fatally chomp a human.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The herbivores chomp down invasive cheatgrass that poses wildfire risk, and their poop — maligned by many — actually spreads native seeds, they say.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

After eating late-night stomach-turning Popeyes in Paris and shedding some tears, we stayed in a trippy '80s-styled hotel, fearful of Parisian bedbugs ready to chomp on our American flesh.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2025

They can consume up to 11kg of insects a year, and just one can chomp as many as 50 bees a day.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

Then sure as Christmas you forget the silly thing and chomp right down on it.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson