devouring
Example Sentences
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It’s only people like Ruth, who thanklessly work to allay that suffering even in the smallest ways, that keep the darkness from devouring us whole.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Caligiuri now prefers devouring barbeque to polishing off opposing forwards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
“Work was really devouring me,” Luis Saavedra said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
If Ehrlich was right, and people were devouring the Earth’s resources, then the price of those resources would go up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
City-sized shopping malls were erected in the blink of an eye, and storefronts spread across planets like time-lapse footage of mold devouring an orange.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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