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
• But Chelsea want to be at the top table, not dining at the kids’ table and feeding off the scraps.
  — Straight Outta Cobham, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• 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
• As the planet warms, storms are getting stronger and more complex – feeding off warm water and holding more moisture in the atmosphere.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025