gorged
Example Sentences
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January tends to come with a slowdown in spending after consumers have gorged on shopping for the holidays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Nancy has gone to three at the back, and with three left-footers, which is something that Derek McInnes gorged on at Tynecastle.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
Instead, the American and British public gorged on the sensationalism because that was the supposedly “official” record.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2025
I immediately thought about the acrobatic squirrel that my Bird Buddy had captured — not infrequently — dangling from the roof of the feeder by its hind legs while it gorged itself on bird seed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Yossarian gorged himself in the mess hall until he thought he would explode and then sagged back in a contented stupor, his mouth filmy with a succulent residue.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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