gorge
Example Sentences
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He approves of credit, too, despite the human proclivity to alternately gorge and fast on loans and bonds and mortgages.
These networks will gorge themselves during the feast years, then adapt to leaner times, remaining profitable, just not explosive.
From MarketWatch
For food, families often gorge themselves on special "Party Barrels" bursting with chicken, an array of side dishes and a dessert -- such as ice cream or cheesecake -- stored at the bottom in a separate compartment.
From Barron's
Even now, as Master Gogolev gorged himself on food and self-pity, son and father sat in Lord Fredrick’s taxidermy-filled study only one floor below, speaking of Switzerland, wallpaper, and baby names.
From Literature
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
