eat to excess
Example Sentences
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Mr. Stuart was fearful that in their famished state they would eat to excess and injure themselves.
From Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington
One might eat to excess, or drink to excess; yet eating and drinking are both useful in their way.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
They are cunning and powerful, and formidable in combat, but, greedy in habit, they eat to excess, and when gorged to satiety fall an easy prey to their enemies.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
An American physician remarks, "For every reeling drunkard that disgraces our Country, it contains one hundred gluttons;—persons, I mean, who eat to excess, and suffer in consequence."
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
Almost invariably they lack simplicity of menu, and, because of the variety supplied and the example of others, there is a tendency to eat to excess.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
