How to Use on a diet in a Sentence

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• There are a few telltale signs that your dog may need to be put on a diet.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• The kids grew up on a diet of rabbit, fish, quail and the ever-present acorn.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
• Due to his lack of teeth, Anthony is on a diet of soft foods.
  — Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
• Your feline friend cannot be maintained on a diet of only dog food, though.
  — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
• Weight loss may not be as simple as going on a diet or spending more time at the gym.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• The solution to cleaning up your daily diet is not to go back on a diet.
  — Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Aug. 2024
• Nautiluses feed on a diet of small fish, crustaceans and carrion.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• The state of Ohio plans to put close to 2 miles of Reading Road on a diet.
  — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2026
• Meanwhile, many also expressed their sadness over the dog being on a diet.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
• Our favorite teenage cannibals will have to go on a diet after Friday.
  — Vulture, 26 May 2023
• Native to Brazil, marmosets subsist on a diet of insects and the gum or sap from trees, experts say.
  — Mitchell Willetts The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 26 Jan. 2023
• David Otto’s family owned a steakhouse, and the would-be music agent grew up on a diet of red meat.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• Graham, who boxed as a teenager, spent six months getting into shape on a diet of chicken, rice, eggs and broccoli.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
• That might explain why some people struggle to lose weight through lifestyle changes, or why others regain weight lost on a diet.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Semi-wild black pigs grow fat on a diet of acorns dropped by the forests of cork oaks across the southern Alentejo region.
  — Paul Ames, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• In addition, long naps reduce the body's ability to lose fat on a diet, Garaulet has shown.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
• The charging case has also been on a diet and is now 40% smaller than its predecessor.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• Some of Boback’s boas had been caught in the wild, but others had been reared in captivity and had always lived on a diet of dead rats.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2012
• Policy, however, is a different beast — one best fed on a diet of courage and clarity.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• These birds typically weigh between 13 and 26 pounds and live on a diet of fish, squid and crustaceans.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2022
• How to set up a spending diet plan The easiest way to put your spending on a diet is often to create a budget.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
• Having been on a diet and developed a rigid, black-and-white mindset around eating (this food is bad, this food is bad) can also be a risk factor.
  — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 25 Feb. 2021
• Just really sticking on that, really sticking on a diet, and that just applies to everything else in this life.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 31 July 2022
• Dogs are natural meat eaters, and puppies’ nutrient needs are most easily met on a diet that contains plenty of meat.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Mike Pompeo has lost 90 pounds on a diet and exercise regimen.
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 5 Feb. 2023
• Your biggest fibers, these produce the most force and operate on a diet of almost all anaerobic energy.
  — Outside Online, 17 July 2020
• DeLong’s team had found an organism that could not only survive but flourish on a diet of nothing but viruses.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
• Much like going on a diet, the most difficult work happens in the beginning, and the best motivation to keep going is to see results.
  — Garry Wiseman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
• Attention spans, on a diet of TikTok and social media videos, are shortening.
  — Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
• The researchers have found that these superworms can survive on a diet of nothing but polystyrene, which is used in a vast array of products, ranging from cups to packing peanuts.
  — Fionna Samuels, Scientific American, 9 June 2022