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

Despite massively masticating, There’s no sign of your greed abating.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2016

To consume ugali, which is a cornmeal concoction not unlike a very thick pile of mashed potatoes, you scoop up a small clump with your fingers and manipulate it before masticating it.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2015

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

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman