masticate
Example Sentences
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‘Conclave’ costars John Lithgow and Stanley Tucci can masticate the scenery with the best of them.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
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
Mary Berry will never masticate on telly again.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2013
“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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
