Verb (used with object) : Fire consumed the forest. ,consumed with curiosity.    From Dictionary.com. 

For a party caught on the hop by an early election after a term consumed by leadership turmoil, such tactics might have been an operational necessity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poll Bludger] Reference

All the energy consumed is produced right here on campus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cape Eleuthera « Wanderings] Reference

In Mexico, by far the largest fish product consumed is shrimp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caracol - Did I just eat snails?] Reference

I stayed up until after midnight, completely consumed from the opening frame.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love Affairs] Reference

The person chooses to eat alone because the amount of food consumed is embarrassing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Out on a Binge] Reference

Nevertheless between 25 and 40 % of all alcohol consumed is either smuggled or illegally made at home.    From Wordnik.com.  [statistics] Reference

The fuel consumed is English and French coal, the former being preferred, as it engenders greater heat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference

Militarism, in short, consumed everything, occupying a space that civil society had hitherto kept closed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Battlefield Goes Quiet] Reference

ARENA: Obama told an interviewer that he doesn't want his first term consumed by what some would consider a partisan witch-hunt.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2008] Reference

Which is okay, because for the first time ever my breasts didn't yield easily to the pump, so I wasn't going to be able to replace what she would have consumed from the supply.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

The collapse of the transport system increased reliance on bushmeat to about 80% of protein consumed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo] Reference

When Purdue's fifth-year senior quarterback Joey Elliott thought about the upcoming season, one word consumed him.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Gas consumed is an inverse of that ratio.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Miles Per Gallon Illusion | clusterflock] Reference

After they started dating, he kind of consumed her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murdered Dance Major Was In 'Mentally Abusive' Relationship, Friends Say] Reference

The LSAT kind of consumed my life (as did other things) this month.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference

They will be, 'consumed' perhaps is the best word for it, in the forgery process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Justice] Reference

Once a detective novel has been "consumed," the reason for its being goes with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canonical Writers] Reference

Water is used or 'consumed' by a population for drinking, cooking and hygiene purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. Water: General Principles] Reference

Why should the price paid not correspond to the number of times the music is 'consumed'?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Pollack: The Music Industry's New Model: Where Is It?] Reference

WoW has kind of consumed me as well. lol But I would try it again at a later date and see what happens.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Darkness » Blog Archive » Share the darkness] Reference

As of late I've found myself kind of consumed with two people in particular that I would consider 'friends'.    From Wordnik.com.  [shadowfeet Diary Entry] Reference

Cruise or crossing, much of your time on any ship is "consumed" with meals -- and this experience was no different.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Irene S. Levine: Cheating Time: A Crossing on the Queen Mary 2] Reference

Despite the state being 'consumed' by tourists, it has many lives outside and away from this narrow and noisy sector.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social activism breaks new grounds in India with Goan People���s Film Festival] Reference

Combine that with her being "consumed" with hate toward Clinton and I think this is the most credible and dangerous threat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Invokes RFK Assassination While Describing Why She's Staying In Race] Reference

Top executives seeking new jobs typically are "consumed" by their searches and anxious about their futures, Mr. Citrin adds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Improve Your Chances] Reference

As affluence grows, the amount of energy and raw materials "consumed" by machinery will escalate even more rapidly than human consumption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sustainability, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

In other cases, such as enjoying art in a museum, the experience may be "consumed" without excluding others or using up material resources.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essential economic activities] Reference

The pale color shows how much a country has "consumed".    From Wordnik.com.  [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference

In other words, the mouse will be "consumed" as fuel for its next victim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gizmodo] Reference

When he was a teen, Artigas 'grades suffered when he said he was "consumed" by rugby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News] Reference

The composted material will need to be replenished as it is "consumed" by your plants.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Crist responded that he was "consumed" with pressing legislative issues and not thinking about the Senate contest.    From Wordnik.com.  [ABC 4: Top Stories] Reference

Cruise or crossing, much of your time on any ship is "consumed" with meals --- and this experience was no different.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Thus in pulling the oxygen and hydrogen asunder an amount of heat is consumed which is accurately restored by their reunion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference