How to Use chew up in a Sentence

chew up

verb
  • The hosts were rolled, sliced, diced, chewed up and spit back out again.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
  • England were chewed up and Giles was spat out.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • That would minimize the number of outs this group has to chew up.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This very ice has chewed up and spit out its fair share of competitors in the last two weeks.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Everyone gets chewed up in this culture.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And the Vibram outsole isn’t going to get chewed up on trails anytime soon.
    — Outside, 9 Dec. 2025
  • His officer corps was getting chewed up, and his best troops came from a small kingdom far from the fighting.
    — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • As always, higher costs can chew up your portfolio’s returns.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • Being an intrusive method, slit-seeding will chew up part of your lawn; limit your use of it to lawns that are in bad shape.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • All those pieces of myself, scattered across a digital ocean, chewed up and spit out in less than 60 seconds.
    — Erin Entrada Kelly, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • Her dog ended up peeing in the living room multiple times as well as chewing up a couple of pillows.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
  • Both Jackson and Derrick Henry were chewing up yards on the ground.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • And the sport was overflowing with pitchers like Hernández, who still chewed up massive innings.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This could potentially chew up a lot of time during the opening therapy session.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • When the plastic balls that came with the set got lost or chewed up by the dog, Owen didn’t slow down, instead taking aim at the pine cones in his backyard.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But the Milan Cortina Games have a way of jangling nerves and chewing up champions.
    — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Eckhart stars as John Porter, a once-great Champion, chewed up and spat out by the judiciary.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Heuer is an interesting name to remember, and Avila is back to chew up innings whenever there’s a need.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • There is nothing more striking than a powerful dribbler in full flow, chewing up ground, fighting off defenders and hurtling towards goal.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Pests are happy to chew up these papers and constant exposure to heat and humidity will discolor and damage them.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Strojny then put together an 18-play drive that chewed up most of the second half, getting his team as close as the Spartan 7.
    — Matt Goisman, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Justin Tipping’s film swings big, using horror to expose the machinery that chews up young Black talent in the name of greatness.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
  • But the sport has really seen a proliferation of the power conferences chewing up the vast, vast majority of the at-large bids.
    — Mitch Light, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Ukrainian drone strikes have taken a heavy toll of Russian armor, and are rapidly chewing up the supply of unarmored vehicles.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Once chewed up by the machine of expectation and found guilty of the eternal athletic sin of having too much talent too soon, Liu has since learned how to spit back rather than be spit out.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The budget offers the minority caucus its greatest leverage point because reading it aloud chews up precious calendar time.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Trouba’s offense from the back end has been unexpected, given that his primary role these days is to be a sturdy defender and chew up five-on-five and penalty kill minutes.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Starting quarterback Drake Lindsey will be relied upon in this one to try to speed up the pace and keep Nebraska from chewing up the clock.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Basic medical care and insurance coverage chew up a larger fraction of earnings than in the past, not to mention general inflation.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
  • There will be corporate intelligence networks, bargain bin shenanigans, and a giant industrial saw chewing up books by the thousands.
    — Willa Rubin, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026

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