wolf down
Example Sentences
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Some players will, like boxers, shed weight in saunas the night before, tip the scales and then wolf down carbohydrate-heavy food in the dressing room.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
Recovery from our revelry required that we sip Alka-Seltzer and wolf down menudo.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Tempting as it may be to wolf down these episodes in a single sitting, trust us.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2023
Street parties will be planned across the country, and the queen’s subjects will presumably wolf down large portions of the soon-to-be announced “platinum pudding.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2022
I go in my room and don’t come out until supper, which I wolf down without saying a word and then return to my room.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
