ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
Examples of ingest in a Sentence
The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Players, coaches and staff have ingested all sorts of food and drink out of the Cup over the years.
—Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The company also bought some hard copy books and scanned them before ingesting them into its model.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Addictive drugs like cocaine launch a cycle of seeking and ingesting the drug.
—Noah Lyons, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ingest
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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