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
“Don’t eat any more bread,” I caution my dining companion — this, after I wolf down a second piece of crusty sourdough.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023
Hand-held, quick to assemble and wolf down, they embody a quintessentially American idea that founding father Benjamin Franklin put to paper in 1748 and which still powers the ambitious on Wall Street and beyond.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2021
I wolf down two sandwiches and the shaking stops.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
