all-consuming
Example Sentences
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Love is overwhelming but can still be one-sided, an imbalance that love’s all-consuming nature disguises.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
Teaching is an "all-consuming role", she says, and the behavioural issues she has to handle in the classroom can take an emotional toll - which she sometimes struggles to leave at the school gates.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Flea, was a little boy, his attraction to the trumpet was all-consuming and amorous.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
In popular culture, as Mr. Tuck observes, the eruption is usually represented as all-consuming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
But the weather was unhelpful, the flood all-consuming, and the confusion universal.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
