masticating

Example Sentences

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“We’ve been basically clearing the forest of trees that are 8 inches and under, pruning trees up 8 to 10 feet for ladder purposes, and then chipping, masticating or exposing the material that we cut.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

She spends much of her segment in extremis: absorbing a medical trauma, howling to save her life, ferally masticating arugula in some kind of furious fugue state.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022

With large mandibles capable of dismembering and masticating honeybees en masse — and stingers that can puncture beekeeping suits — the V. mandarinia has become an increasing threat to honeybee hives in the U.S.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021

I was likely just masticating anxiously in my sleep, the repercussions of which have earned me a super-sexy custom mouth guard in clear plastic covered by dental insurance.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2020

The horse, which had been contentedly ripping up and masticating a clump of thick grass, stopped then.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman