eaten

Example Sentences

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A group of Year 6 children were discovered to have eaten seeds from trees in the school grounds, the county council said.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Participants reported everything they had eaten and drunk during the previous 24 hours and answered whether they routinely added salt to food at the table.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The bank took issue with how Bodner’s assistant—his sister—filed the expense report, which made it seem like the meal was eaten at the deli.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"We were chasing Spanish mackerel and had one eaten by a pack of six of them, four metres off the edge of the boat," he told AFP.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

“They’re sleeping now. After they had eaten all they could hold, they crawled down in the straw and went to sleep.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls