How to Use feed off in a Sentence

feed off

phrasal verb
  • Kansas seems to find a way to feed off the crowd to win home games.
    David Smale, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The storm will have plenty of warm ocean waters to feed off of.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The Knicks are 5-1 at home in these playoffs, feeding off of one of the best home crowds in all of sports.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
  • Against the rhythmic whoosh of my own breath in the snorkel, the reef crackles with the dawn brigade of fish feeding off the coral.
    Women's Health, 31 July 2023
  • Cliques are known to be exclusive and feed off the FOMO (fear of missing out) of their peers.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • A lot of guys feed off that energy and there are a lot of guys who are similar.
    Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
  • For starters, bacteria and fungus that feed off the dead cells on a used razor.
    Abbie Kozolchyk, wsj.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • When the heavy stuff started to come down, Michigan’s sideline seemed to feed off of the elements.
    Austin Meek, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The working class is living paycheck to paycheck and feeding off the scraps.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The environment should be just as rocking , and the Lions will feed off that.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Take advantage of the chance to feed off of their energy and try something new.
    Renee Winick, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Playing in front of a raucous home crowd at the Zap, Braintree (10-9-2) fed off the energy in the early stages.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The decision to do so was a gamble as the type of cancer Munn was battling fed off of hormones.
    Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
  • Then Curry got hot, and the Warriors fed off his energy.
    C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • As well, his hope is that with these sorts of groupings, the bands will feed off each other and produce something special.
    Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Koh: a dark spirit who feeds off of people paralyzed with fear.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
  • For 13 or 17 years the juvenile cicadas, called nymphs, live underground, feeding off the sap of tree roots.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
  • The week is all about celebration, and the players feed off the positive energy from the crowds.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
  • Everyone was feeding off the new irritant the team had just acquired at the trade deadline.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Movies that have that certain je ne sais quoi that almost seems to feed off the audience reaction.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The lake is covered with toxic algae that feeds off oil pollution.
    Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • On a good day, those where Postecoglou’s Spurs were at their intense, expansive best, the crowd and the players would feed off each other’s energy.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Tropical cyclone is the catch-all term for the powerful, spinning storms that feed off warm oceans and the strength of which is determined by wind speeds.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Estévez was excited to get that first save and fed off the energy of the crowd at Kauffman Stadium.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Remove any piles of cardboard or newspapers; insects can feed off of them.
    Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
  • The South Team’s offense fed off their defense in the ensuing inning as Brown delivered the go-ahead two-run double in the gap, his second hit of the game.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
  • Or not a fan of how your anxiety subconsciously fed off of theirs, turning you into a big ball of stress?
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Scheffler was grouped with Bhatia on Saturday, and the two fed off one another.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
  • Above all, there’s the sheer pulsing ecstasy of a crowd who feed off their queen’s energy and reflect it back to her a thousandfold.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
  • There are also still moments of nostalgia, and my music right now feeds off that cocktail.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023

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