Politics is his consuming passion.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : a consuming need to be successful.    From Dictionary.com. 

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

We don't believe in consuming for the sake of consumption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Felicia C. Sullivan: Interview: Shauna Mei, CEO/Founder of AHAlife] Reference

Ahhh adventure, I personally believe in consuming as many different species as possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Invasive Species Cookbook?] Reference

SOAP is an XML-based RPC protocol which is often referred to as consuming lots of bandwidth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from JAVA Developer's Journal] Reference

We have the largest aggregation of young people interested in consuming content that I've seen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Rosenbaum: MySpace is Reborn as Social Curation] Reference

Maybe it's just perception, but it really feels like the task of consuming is simply accelerated by doing it this way.    From Wordnik.com.  [DIY iPad Stands For Six Bucks Or Less | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

These are methane eaters and they may have played a part in consuming some of the hydrocarbon gas that spewed into the Gulf.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microbes May Have Eaten Methane From BP Spill] Reference

However, as users begin consuming more content, they will need a system for aggregating, mobilizing and discovering content feeds.    From Wordnik.com.  [OPML won’t catch on « Squash] Reference

Given all this, the idea of consuming less rings hollow.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenBiz.com Green Business News] Reference

It's certainly excellent for consuming, which is to say that e-commerce has.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

Pre-baby, the idea of consuming human breast milk would have been revolting.    From Wordnik.com.  ["One can cook really delicious things with [breast milk]. However, it always needs to be mixed with a bit of whipped cream..."] Reference

For most, the idea of consuming a chemistry project sounds far from appetizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Penn State Live] Reference

I definitely like the idea of consuming (and recycling) less water by showering together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton] Reference

There are some people that might balk at the idea of consuming an entire onion, but not me!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blisstree] Reference

If the middle class is characterized as a consuming class, then Jews personify consumption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stereotypes in the United States.] Reference

I mean, the oil is (mostly) free to them, and it’s only real use is in consuming it, right?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Refrigerated Beach Sand?] Reference

Englishman, we shall solve the riddle of what our professors have called the consuming explosive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pawns Count] Reference

And where Linux gets dicey and time-consuming is when things don’t go swimmingly on the install.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jaunty Jackalope Hops Aboard Ubuntu’s Ark - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Binge drinking, defined as consuming five or more drinks on a given occasion, declined for young men.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

No but, admittedly, it’s only because I don’t have any interest in consuming anything that they make.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Orchid Island’s slave-free juice.] Reference

A similarly worded letter goes out to naughty subscribers who have been identified as consuming 250GB over a 30-day period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ars Technica]

For Louie, the idea of consuming a human being was revolting and unthinkable, and the other two men held the same conviction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

The statistic comes from the survey's definition of binge drinking, namely consuming five or more drinks on a single occasion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cato Daily Podcast] Reference

When I say spend, I mean consuming, which is to purchase anything which you do not expect to recover the cost of it in the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference

So that's been kind of consuming my thoughts the past couple days.    From Wordnik.com.  [But We Love Eachother. For Some Unknown Reason.] Reference

Sure there are many pros and cons about "consuming" television broadcast and the costs it may occur.    From Wordnik.com.  [TiVo is coming to Canada. Inspired or irrelevant? | Sync Blog] Reference

The reader of detective stories can easily make an honest self-analysis to establish the modalities that explain his 'consuming' them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference

To do thee justice in consuming flame?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini] Reference

Digg or Reddit), in other words consuming Internet content.    From Wordnik.com.  [Softpedia News - Global] Reference

I render the service of "consuming" my utilities every month.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Consider the emissions of "consuming" french fries at a fast food restaurant.    From Wordnik.com.  [POLITICO MAFIOSO] Reference

This is causing the U.S. economy to shrink and in effect, China is "consuming" our economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Thinker] Reference

This has tended to be negative in the US in recent years as the US has primarily been a "consuming" nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Currency Trading News by DailyFX] Reference

Epson has a new printer that reduces its environmental footprint by "consuming" and "regurgitating" its own printouts.    From Wordnik.com.  [TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us] Reference

British astronomers have captured the first ever images of a cannibalistic galaxy of stars 'consuming' another constellation.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to World's first vegetarian spider discovered who 'cheat' the system] Reference

5: 06am. people are balking about the idea of consuming lab created meat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Progressive U - The new media voice for students] Reference