- present participle of eat.
eating
Example Sentences
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He has a vision of his own mortality while eating chicken wings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Instead, they rebooked with the same company on a different cruise through Rome and Barcelona, where Rousseau said they enjoyed exploring ancient ruins and eating delicious food.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I want to have a healthy lifestyle and get in shape, so I've stopped eating them," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Few people then, not even Carpenter’s closest confidantes, knew how to talk about what was actually an eating disorder, much less manage it.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
I spotted him two days later as I was eating lunch under a jacaranda tree.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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