devouring

Example Sentences

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“Steve’s pursuit of perfection was devouring the timeline,” Mr. Cain writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Like Nishimatsu, Yamamoto can't yet vote but he is currently devouring a book written by Takaichi and says she reminds him of baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Many had been here since 2011, when civil war began devouring their country.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Over the same mountains where the Palisades fire roared, the supervisor and secretary were observing the state’s nearly 675-acre flagship project to stop the Santa Monica Mountains’ next firestorm from devouring homes and killing residents.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

Palms held out, in the beggar’s gesture, he received the bread and meat and put it down before him on his knapsack—lowly table!— then he fell to, devouring it.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer