start eating
Example Sentences
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Then, when those larvae are born into screwworm flies, they start eating, and what they are eating is what they have right there: the flesh of the animal that its mother laid the larvae into.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Most people recognize the familiar situation at a restaurant or dinner party when one plate arrives early and the person served hesitates to start eating.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
Meat products will initially be replaced by existing alternative protein products like plant-based burgers, but in later years it expects us to start eating more "alternative proteins".
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025
Once we see, smell and start eating food, it takes 20-30 minutes for leptin to become active.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
But as soon as they start eating the crumbs sticking to the bottom of the bag, their scaly, writhing bodies start to grow some more.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
