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

"You don't have to worry that they're going to start eating your flesh," Murillo said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

Knowing this, I decided to start eating an apple with every meal.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2024

"There is a Russian saying - your appetite comes when you start eating," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

Florence shook her head, and motioned for Elizabeth to start eating.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin