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

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

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