How to Use ingest in a Sentence

ingest

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  • The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
  • Seabirds can ingest as much as 8% of their body weight in plastic.
    — Audrey McAvoy, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
  • But the drug he was forced to ingest also turns him into a junkie.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022
  • People should not to ingest water or eat fish from the ponds.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2021
  • The more air that is removed from above, the more warm, humid air the storm can ingest from below.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Boyd said a toddler who ingests even one tablet can die.
    — Matt Zapotosky, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2020
  • There’s a lot of things in this country that is allowed to be ingested that shouldn’t be.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The first group of 10 served as a control group and did not ingest any garlic powder.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The silverfish eat through the pack and ingest the poison inside.
    — Samantha Lawyer, Country Living, 8 June 2021
  • The insects didn’t seem to be carrying off the bits of leaves to their nests or ingesting them.
    — Virginia Morell, National Geographic, 21 May 2020
  • That's not the healthiest mix to ingest, as Barnard explains in his book.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
  • Start with a small dose, 10-20mg, and give it at least two hours before ingesting more.
    — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • In the weeks that followed, the sinkhole filled with muddy water and appeared to ingest the land around it.
    — Allison Keeley, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022
  • When the paint flakes, cracks or peels, the lead mixes with dust, which children can ingest or inhale.
    — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The whole point of milk is to be ingested, and the soft tissues that produce milk are rarely preserved in the fossil record.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2024
  • That means storms could wring all that moisture out of the air, much like squeezing a sponge, and then ingest more moisture and do it again.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Due to all the faux fur, this would not be ideal for a dog who’s prone to chewing and might ingest the hair or dogs with pointy ears due to the headpiece.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Cats claw on wood and ingest scratchings when cleaning their paws.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • What about those who are not able to self-ingest the pills or those with non-terminal diseases?
    — Steve Bergeson, Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • So the spacecraft was designed to ingest small pebbles less than an inch across.
    — Marcia Dunn, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Software may well be eating the world, but there are some things in the physical world that aren't so easy to ingest.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 May 2022
  • Break out the face paint and flower crowns, ingest your substance of choice, and get to your nearest big tent — Swedish House Mafia is back.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 15 July 2021
  • When ingested, fish oil can float on top of the stomach contents.
    — Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Then, when the worker bees secrete their milky royal jelly, the queen will ingest it and the vaccine.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Start by adding a few drops of the oil onto your favorite dessert or candy and ingest as normal.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Lead can be toxic if young children ingest it, the report warns.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The company specifically says not to bathe in it, apply it to the skin or ingest it.
    — Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • And the people that didn’t [willingly ingest the poison]?
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
  • Once ingested, the copepod is digested in the gastrointestinal tract and the larvae emerge and penetrate the lining of the intestines.
    — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • When ingested, snowdrop bulbs are toxic to dogs and cats1, causing mild to moderate GI upset.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025

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