gorging

Example Sentences

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The private-equity industry, after gorging on technology investments in the wake of the pandemic, is now coming back around to bread-and-butter companies such as industrial suppliers and service providers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

After spending July gorging on the larvae of alkali flies, the birds are gradually departing this month to begin their migration to another saline lake about 6,000 miles away — Laguna Mar Chiquita in Argentina.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Rather, it denotes licentiousness and lack of control, the actions of a toddler gorging himself on chocolate until he is sick.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

As Evergrande was gorging on land, it sought ways to help finance its deals.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

More than one of the residents had dreamed of gorging on a magnificent banquet, only to wake up devastated.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead