gourmand

Example Sentences

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“He should be sitting in a quiet corner, hoping that this thing passes,” Waltz marveled with a gleam in his eye, like a gourmand about to dig into a particularly elaborate dessert.

From New York Times

Now there’s a phrase — “brains at the grill” — that gourmands don’t hear often enough anymore.

From New York Times

Families and gourmands are far from mutually exclusive in this state.

From Seattle Times

It didn’t help that Ms. Powell was hardly a gourmand: Before embarking on her project in 2002, she had never eaten eggs and rarely ate fruit.

From Washington Post

Bert has stage fright, Ernie has wandered off to take a bath, and a certain blue gourmand has already eaten the first two letters of his alphabet song.

From New York Times