masticate

Example Sentences

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One would hope that economic commentators coast-to-coast mentioned Green as their “person I’m most thankful for” at their family gatherings that week, because he gave them something to masticate ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

And dogs have been known to yap and masticate their displeasure.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2020

"Nature will castigate those who don't masticate," Fletcher famously said.

From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 19, 2014

Too thick to stuff into the mouth in straw-like clumps and masticate like cud, too thin to enjoy in isolation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2012

“Cherries are the fruit. Pop 'em in, slide out the stone, masticate, swallow, finito. None of this...spatter and gore.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell