devoured

Example Sentences

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"We have tentatively suggested that the long palps might allow the male to keep a safer distance during mating and help him avoid being attacked and devoured by the highly aggressive female."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

They measure how much power is being devoured or generated at large data centers, manufacturers and power plants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Thousands of Principality Stadium tickets - once devoured in a daffodil-clad frenzy - remain unsold.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

But instead of getting devoured by the abyss, he says over Zoom, he honed in on making something “unknown.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

It was pocked all over with little funnel-shaped snares, where the ant lions lay buried at the bottom, waiting for some poor insect to stumble into the trap and get devoured.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver