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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Vaccines contain tiny amounts of aluminum that are comparable to what infants ingest through breast milk or formula.
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Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2025
The benzoquinones in those secretions are pungent to parasites and mosquitoes, and lemurs sometimes also ingest small amounts, suggesting a mix of topical repellent and internal deworming.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Water does not have to be boiled for handwashing, bathing and laundry purposes, but residents should be careful not to ingest it.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 16 Oct. 2025
While this is partly true, an international team of archaeologists, geneticists, and chemists are confident that hominids have ingested the metal at various times over millions of years.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
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Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2025
The benzoquinones in those secretions are pungent to parasites and mosquitoes, and lemurs sometimes also ingest small amounts, suggesting a mix of topical repellent and internal deworming.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Water does not have to be boiled for handwashing, bathing and laundry purposes, but residents should be careful not to ingest it.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 16 Oct. 2025
While this is partly true, an international team of archaeologists, geneticists, and chemists are confident that hominids have ingested the metal at various times over millions of years.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2025.
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in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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