consuming
adjective
con·sum·ing
kən-ˈsü-miŋ 
: deeply felt : ardent
a consuming interest
also
: engrossing
Examples of consuming in a Sentence
didn't find the plot of the novel particularly consuming
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Not to intimidate you more, but Venus in Cancer is pulling you into deeper emotional territory, and your one-on-one relationships are suddenly more consuming than casual.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
The cramps that felt sharper, deeper, more consuming than what friends described.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 1 May 2026
But that’s a less consuming point to Kelce now than ever before.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025
But he’s never stopped hunting, perhaps the most consuming pastime of his life.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
In the depths of the first movement, immediately before Tchaikovsky’s most consuming cry of desolation, the bassoons, basses and timpani hold a low F sharp, for just a beat and a half.
—David Allen, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
By mid-August, that fear was no less consuming.
—Heidi Levine, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2022
The hero is Alice, wife to Jack, who finds a job in the all-consuming but rather mysterious Victory Project.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2022
For Stone, who now lives in South Carolina, one of the most consuming challenges was the anxiety of setting a camera trap and then walking away, sometimes for days at a time, with no control over what might happen next.
—Steven Bedard, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2019
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
The cramps that felt sharper, deeper, more consuming than what friends described.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 1 May 2026
But that’s a less consuming point to Kelce now than ever before.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025
But he’s never stopped hunting, perhaps the most consuming pastime of his life.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
In the depths of the first movement, immediately before Tchaikovsky’s most consuming cry of desolation, the bassoons, basses and timpani hold a low F sharp, for just a beat and a half.
—David Allen, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
By mid-August, that fear was no less consuming.
—Heidi Levine, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2022
The hero is Alice, wife to Jack, who finds a job in the all-consuming but rather mysterious Victory Project.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2022
For Stone, who now lives in South Carolina, one of the most consuming challenges was the anxiety of setting a camera trap and then walking away, sometimes for days at a time, with no control over what might happen next.
—Steven Bedard, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2019
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“Consuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consuming. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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