devour
Example Sentences
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Many had been here since 2011, when civil war began devouring their country.
From BBC
They are also devouring holiday movies and specials, even on traditional TV.
From Los Angeles Times
Marco Lopez, a finance professional in San Antonio who has devoured the books, said he’s never been a big sports fan.
In this whirlwind of a year, amid the tariffs of Liberation Day and other Supreme Court arguments, I carved out a precious block of time to devour Akhil Reed Amar’s latest masterpiece, “Born Equal.”
The lineup is spectacular: scallops, mussels, snow crab leg meat and claws, cod, lobster tails and claws — all pristine, fresh, and ready to be devoured.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.