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

But it’s not like I opened the box and gorged myself on the pictures.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Instead, the American and British public gorged on the sensationalism because that was the supposedly “official” record.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

“The world couldn’t get access to enough Chinese goods in ’21, and it gorged on Chinese goods in ’22,” said Brad Setser, an economist and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

The caravan gorged itself for two days and grew in size to eighty camels, fifty tarpan horses, and forty mules.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri