EATEN in a Sentence

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94 example sentences for EATEN, such as:

1. These fish are often eaten raw.
2. She had neither eaten nor slept.
3. For days he had neither eaten nor slept.
4. He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.
5. I've eaten so much, I'm really quite uncomfortable.

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Classic Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1  He had neither eaten nor slept for thirty-six hours.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
2  He wandered thus the whole morning, without having eaten anything and without feeling hungry.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
3  He had eaten nothing all day; it is probable that he was feverish.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
4  He had eaten nothing for four and twenty hours; he was worn out by the jolts of the cart, but he was not conscious of it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR
5  Mouldy cannon-balls, old sword-blades, and shapeless projectiles, eaten up with rust, were picked up at the spot where his horse feet stood.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—NAPOLEON IN A GOOD HUMOR
6  They had eaten some bread and cheese purchased in isolated taverns, behind hedges; they had changed carriages frequently; they had travelled short distances on foot.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN...
7  She had neither eaten nor slept.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VIII—A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATORY
8  Marius learned how all this is eaten, and how such are often the only things which one has to devour.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT
9  The poor young man wins his bread with difficulty; he eats; when he has eaten, he has nothing more but meditation.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP
10  Hucheloup had invented a capital thing which could be eaten nowhere but in his house, stuffed carps, which he called carpes au gras.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
11  Jean Valjean had eaten a wing of the chicken with a good appetite, and with his elbows on the table, having gradually recovered his serenity, had regained possession of his sense of security.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER I—A DRINKER IS A BABBLER
12  He had eaten, his strength had returned to him; he took Marius up once more upon his back, placed the latter's head carefully on his right shoulder, and resumed his descent of the sewer.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS
13  For days he had neither eaten nor slept.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER
14  Now, on such a day I can neither eat flesh nor see it eaten.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
15  A horse slips and injures a joint; a horse stumbles and breaks his knees to the bone; a horse eats out of a manger in which a glandered horse has eaten.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 28 THE RETURN
Example Sentence:
1  We must seek an antidote for whatever toxic substance he has eaten.
2  The guests gorge themselves with foods as though they had not eaten for days.
3  When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton.
4  A traveler relating his tropical experiences glorifies the banana, stating that he has eaten it “ripe and luscious from the tree!”
5  For she had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things.
6  Despite Tom's affirmation of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.
7  When Jack claimed he hadn't eaten the jelly doughnut, Jill took an incredulous look at his smeared face and laughed.
8  Millions of hamburgers and French fries are eaten every year.
9  These fish are often eaten raw.
10  He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk.
11  I've eaten so much, I'm really quite uncomfortable.
12  An apple core is the part of an apple left after the flesh has been eaten.