voracious
Example Sentences
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But a new era of voracious energy demand has arrived.
Encouraged by his mother, John was a voracious reader of pulp magazines and science fiction.
From Washington Post
The result is a disquieting tension between the happy-go-lucky, voracious and profitable leisure industry and looming environmental catastrophe, conveyed with somewhat ironic levity by a panoply of swimsuit-clad characters in an otherwise merry setting.
From Los Angeles Times
Elephants are known for their voracious appetite, and so far they have wolfed down a staggering 180 tonnes of corn, bananas, pineapples and other food laid out for them.
From BBC
Sixteen years after acquiring Reebok for $4 billion, the German sportswear giant Adidas is selling it for a little more than half that to Authentic Brands Group, the voracious acquirer of struggling brands.
From New York Times
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