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

After she was able to start eating again, it still took a full two weeks to recover as she continued to feel extremely tired, suffer from brain fog, and experience bad headaches.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

At some point, she had called a hunger strike, but that day her father urged her to start eating again and she agreed.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

“If you all don’t start eating this supper, I’m gonna”— Trotter stopped, fishing around for a proper threat.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson