gormandizing
Example Sentences
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The author of this hedonistic, gormandizing prayer is a Christian clergyman of serene faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maybe 264 I’ll shoot a bird to-morrow, and then I’ll have a gormandizing jag.”
From Colorado Jim by Goodchild, George
Social glasses of wine are my aversion; public dinners are my abomination; all species of gormandizing my utter scorn and contempt.
From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by McCabe, James Dabney
The gormandizing contest ended as it began, with songs and dances; in the latter amusement, however, few were now able to join; afterwards ensued a rude attempt at dramatic representation.
From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. by M'lean, John
Clumsy, gormandizing clowns, fond of practical jokes, especially such as stealing eatables and drinkables.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
