masticate

Example Sentences

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The worst aspect of this decision may be that it leaves the question of Trump’s role and that of his posts on social media, open to be masticated endlessly — including on social media.

From Los Angeles Times

When he has repeated this behavior, I eventually tried asking if his allergies were bothering him, instead of directly mentioning that his mouth was open, but he always said no and continued to masticate clamorously.

From Washington Post

Later, director Nick Murphy forces us to witness Scrooge eating in silence, masticating every spoonful . . . to lend context to that the line about the undigested bit of beef, I guess?

From Salon

Then again, who wants to watch Trump masticate anyway?

From The Guardian

Some areas were to be left as they were, some were to be hand-thinned with a focus on retaining rotting tree trunks, and some were to be aggressively masticated and then burned.

From The New Yorker