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
“The bed bugs latched onto the Plaintiffs while they slept, sucked their blood until they were gorged, and resisted eradication,” according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
“The world couldn’t get access to enough Chinese goods in ’21, and it gorged on Chinese goods in ’22,” said Brad Setser, an economist and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Steve Smith and Travis Head gorged on some below-par bowling before the Aussie pace bowlers thundered into a shell-shocked India top order.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023
That night, in my room, I gorged myself.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
