gorging

Example Sentences

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The private-equity industry, after gorging on technology investments in the wake of the pandemic, is now coming back around to bread-and-butter companies such as industrial suppliers and service providers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Rather, it denotes licentiousness and lack of control, the actions of a toddler gorging himself on chocolate until he is sick.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

The young sharks were gorging themselves on the hated stingrays.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

As Evergrande was gorging on land, it sought ways to help finance its deals.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

The authorities would be telling them that we were not participating in the strike, that we were gorging ourselves on gourmet meals.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela