Example Sentences

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Costa conveys nearly everything he needs to simply through his arrangement of the actors’ bodies: The man hungrily wolfs down his food in the foreground, chattering about Joaquim’s kindness and decency.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2020

Alleged assailants in both cases have been painted as lone wolfs acting out of mental instability and disagreement with the politicians’ messages.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2018

Even the highest-ranking executive shamelessly wolfs down a taco.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2015

He's a boy and wolfs his food down.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2015

She’s chubby, but it seems like she hasn’t eaten in weeks the way she wolfs her food down, like someone is going to take it away.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon