CONSUMABLE in a Sentence

Learn CONSUMABLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
186 example sentences for CONSUMABLE, such as:
1. He consumed much of his time in studying.
2. We need to rethink the way we consume energy.
3. Our visitor had consumed his milk and biscuits.
4. Right now, what we discard is an inherent part of what we consume.
5. According to the rules, no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CONSUMABLE
consumable
 a.  may be used up
Classic Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1  Time went on in Coketown like its own machinery: so much material wrought up, so much fuel consumed, so many powers worn out, so much money made.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV
2  For, although an ingenious Allegory relating to a butcher, a three-legged stool, a dog, and a leg of mutton, this narrative consumed time; and they were in great suspense.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
3  At length, with a terrific crash, the whole turret gave way, and she perished in the flames which had consumed her tyrant.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
4  It is unknown how much was consumed in our kitchen by odd comers and goers.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  Mrs. Norris could not speak with any temper of such grievances, nor of the quantity of butter and eggs that were regularly consumed in the house.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  They were always very careful, I observed, to turn my face away from the window, so that I became consumed with the desire to see what was going on behind my back.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
7  My body has remained in this armchair and has, I regret to observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee and an incredible amount of tobacco.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3. The Problem
8  The engines were soon upon the spot, but the dry wood burned with great fury, and it was impossible to arrest the conflagration until the stack had been entirely consumed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
9  Our visitor had consumed his milk and biscuits.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
10  It was not until we had consumed some hot tea at the station and taken our places in the Kentish train that we were sufficiently thawed, he to speak and I to listen.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
11  Ethan, consumed with the longing for a last moment alone with Mattie, hung about impatiently while Denis made an ineffectual search in the obscurer corners of the store.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
12  , consumed by every Low Dutch harpooneer in that ancient Greenland and Spitzbergen whale fishery.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.
13  In the first place, the amount of butter, and Texel and Leyden cheese consumed, seems amazing.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.
14  The whole prairie was like the bush that burned with fire and was not consumed.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
15  Besides, she was consumed with curiosity to see the little house and the manner in which it was conducted.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIII
Example Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
1  According to the rules, no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.
2  Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed.
3  Many people experienced a drop in their cholesterol levels when they consumed oat bran.
4  He consumed much of his time in studying.
5  Alcohol should be consumed in moderation, and this is particularly true for pregnant women.
6  A food supplement is a preparation intended to supply nutrients, which are missing or not consumed in sufficient quantity in a person's diet.
7  The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of alcohol consumed or even prohibit its production entirely.
8  Thirty years after the war, she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with rancor against the foe.
9  Right now, what we discard is an inherent part of what we consume.
10  Amongst the ideas already mooted; vehicles which are lighter and more aerodynamic and therefore consume less fuel or imposing a surcharge on some of the larger cars and vans in order to deter people from buying them.
11  It is particularly an issue for those that have made large strides in industrial development, the sector of the economy that tends to consume the most energy.
12  Their minds remain receptive to the message of capitalism; and to consume goods and services in abundance.
13  Each year Americans consume a high percentage of the world's energy.
14  We need to rethink the way we consume energy.
15  We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.