gorged

Example Sentences

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January tends to come with a slowdown in spending after consumers have gorged on shopping for the holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Instead, the American and British public gorged on the sensationalism because that was the supposedly “official” record.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

Exasperated from not being able to elicit a clear, resounding “Yes!” from him, I hung up and gorged on my nuggets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

On a flat pitch under warm sun and against an inexperienced attack lacking any sort of cutting edge, England's batters gorged themselves.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023

In the glow from the dashboard his face appeared to be covered with odd black freckles—but then I realized that the freckles were actually more mosquitoes, too gorged with blood to fly away.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen