ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
Examples of ingest in a Sentence
The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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Junyu Huang, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The chemicals in the aerosol spray cans can often make people feel euphoric or drunk for a few minutes, but ingesting them can lead to heart or liver failure.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 9 June 2025
Joel ingested the entire bottle and was in a coma for days.
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Junyu Huang, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The chemicals in the aerosol spray cans can often make people feel euphoric or drunk for a few minutes, but ingesting them can lead to heart or liver failure.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 9 June 2025
Joel ingested the entire bottle and was in a coma for days.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Several incidents have occurred in the Chicago area of school-age children going to hospitals after ingesting hemp products.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for ingest
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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ingest
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in·gest
in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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