mastication
Example Sentences
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The group’s goal is to get the park to do more thinning, mastication and biomass removal, which they hope will reduce the risk of sequoias dying in both prescribed burns and wildfires.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
The "Saturn's ring" region — that's what we Cookies call the space in between our edges and our centers — should be distinctly chewy, a clenched tightness that elicits some mastication.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2021
It oils the wheels of mastication without positively boosting flavour.
From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2019
Pathetic, and almost moving, when you think about it: the worst sinners imaginable, each doomed to everlasting mastication, are guys undone by the successes of their famous friends.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019
Donovan’s voice was muffled, with pauses for mastication, “He’s gathering data on electronic stream functions. We’re heading for a storm, looks like.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.