devour
Example Sentences
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The series had a successful reboot as Gen Z viewers continue to devour vintage programs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Postsurgery, she began to devour several novels a week—but only about romance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Tech is having a tough week, with fresh fears AI is going to devour software and now Alphabet’s eye-popping capital spending plans to absorb.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
In this whirlwind of a year, amid the tariffs of Liberation Day and other Supreme Court arguments, I carved out a precious block of time to devour Akhil Reed Amar’s latest masterpiece, “Born Equal.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The atmosphere feels hungry, like every sixteen-year-old is trying to devour as much as he can get of this last day.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing devour
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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