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

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

Steve Smith and Travis Head gorged on some below-par bowling before the Aussie pace bowlers thundered into a shell-shocked India top order.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë