Used in a Sentence

consumed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for consumed.

Editorial note

Yes, but I suppose then some of the water is exported out of California and consumed by wrong people.

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Quick take

construed with with Full of, exuding (also figuratively).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of consumed gathered in one view.

adjective

construed with with Full of, exuding (also figuratively).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for consumed.

adjective

construed with with Full of, exuding (also figuratively).

Example sentences

1

Yes, but I suppose then some of the water is exported out of California and consumed by wrong people.

2

Cheap renewables don't get consumed above existing fossil generation; cheap renewables push out existing fossil fuel generation.

3

What it's actually about is how much power is consumed by different browsers using popular websites on one machine.

4

Journalism is not merely something to be consumed, it is a necessary part of the social ecosystem.

5

Caffeine (and the various forms it's consumed in, like coffee or tea) has both health benefits and health risks.

6

The icon has to reference some window, but only because it generates window messages that have to be consumed somewhere.

7

You really only want to produce what is consumed, and then there's export and import.

8

Have an app with 100 objects with a few thousand fields total and you have several megabytes consumed by protobuf alone.

9

Reference chemicals are sold in sub gram amounts because they are not being consumed.

10

If you put it into the net, it has to be consumed somewhere.

11

Those artificial sugars would be consumed in either diet drinks/sodas, or with coffee.

12

That's 70% by aircraft, not 70% by flight hours or fuel consumed.

Quote examples

1

We are moving from a traditional RoR architecture to a modern "single page application", exposing our application as a set of hypermedia API's consumed by an Ember front-end to provide a rich interactive experience.

2

I don't want to lose my retail Win8 license, as they say that it will be "consumed" by the upgrade (wth is that supposed to mean), so I'm going to sit and wait on this, maybe try to get an answer from their helpdesk.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use consumed in a sentence?

Yes, but I suppose then some of the water is exported out of California and consumed by wrong people.

What does consumed mean?

construed with with Full of, exuding (also figuratively).

What part of speech is consumed?

consumed is commonly used as adjective.