gobbling

Example Sentences

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Microscopic black particles called astrophage are gobbling the energy of every star including the sun.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Plus, refineries on the Gulf Coast are gobbling up cheap barrels of Venezuelan crude now under U.S. control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

During the peak of the pandemic, celebrities as well as lower-profile people of means were gobbling up Hidden Hills homes like hotcakes.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Mr Clothier explains: "The methanogenic bacteria are gobbling up all the solids and generating loads of lovely methane, which we then catch in the hoods over the top."

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

To my right, from far up on a hillside, there was a loud gobbling and a beating of heavy wings.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls