devouring

Example Sentences

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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

In the Middle Ages, European farmers noticed the critters were devouring pests, saving their crops in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 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

They moved about his brow in sinuous waves of devouring, round and round, relentless.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor