devour
Example Sentences
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She knows the stress that devoured Ilia Malinin on Friday in Milan.
From Los Angeles Times
The oldest millennials—the nation’s biggest generation—are entering their mid-40s and devouring a torrent of new supplements, lotions, pills, gels, books and podcasts devoted to menopause relief.
They measure how much power is being devoured or generated at large data centers, manufacturers and power plants.
I devoured my cheeseburger and fries even faster than Andre, who is known for inhaling his food.
From Literature
Several of the Founding Fathers—and nearly everyone around them—devoured Laurence Sterne’s crazy quilt of a tale.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
