How to Use ingest in a Sentence

ingest

verb

• The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
• But the drug he was forced to ingest also turns him into a junkie.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Microplastics are harder to clean up and easier for ocean species to ingest.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
• That protein lives inside immune cells called macrophages, which ingest invaders such as Y. pestis.
  — Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Studies have linked it to cancer, kidney and bone disease if the element is ingested in excess over long periods of time.
  — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2024
• Animals can be attracted to bright colors of deflated balloons, ingest them as well as strings, and suffer injury or death.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2022
• All of this is a problem for controlling cholera, which is spread primarily when people ingest contaminated food or water.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2022
• All of this is a problem for controlling cholera, which is primarily spread when people ingest contaminated food or water.
  — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
• The agency says that boiling a medication can make the drug more concentrated and that inhaling a medicine’s vapors while cooking with it could cause a person to ingest a high amount of the drug.
  — Allison Prang, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
• Kraft Heinz is recommending that consumers do not ingest the contaminated juice, and rather pay closer attention to the expiration date.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022
• Seabirds can ingest as much as 8% of their body weight in plastic.
  — Audrey McAvoy, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
• 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 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
• Cats claw on wood and ingest scratchings when cleaning their paws.
  — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• If ingested, peace lilies can cause GI upset, drooling, and mouth and throat pain.
  — Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful, 18 Apr. 2023
• According to Ahlberg, crabs will sometimes ingest water or large amounts of food to bulk up and crack their old shell.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
• She will be instructed to ingest strange tinctures and coached to mistrust her own mind.
  — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• That’s because the main symptoms caused by ingesting the sap of the plant are burning and swelling of the tongue and throat, making speech difficult.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• But ingesting tiny toys isn't the only concern pet owners should put on their radar.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
• That’s a very common thing that many of us are ingesting every morning.
  — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
• Pliny said ravens eat chameleons, but then ingest bay leaves to counter the lizards’ toxicity.
  — Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
• Sometimes actors achieve their best chemistry on-screen by ingesting the agita off screen or by going all method.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024