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

There isn’t a shiver of surprise about who gets the chomp, only disappointment that the fatalities are so bloodless — they’re mild even for PG-13.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 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

Sharks around here must have tasted the chunk I lost from my forehead in the storm, thought it was jaw-snapping yum!, and wanted to chomp the rest.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr