Devour

//dɪˈvaʊɚ//

"Devour" in a Sentence (18 examples)

However, I can't help noticing, at this moment, that at first glance it seems inevitable that the shark will devour the man.

I will devour you little girl.

The strong shall devour the meek's reward.

I devour books of poetry.

I devour books.

I devour novels.

I devour one detective story after another.

I devour one crime novel after another.

I will devour you, little boy.

Because you devour in one meal what was given for three.

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Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future.

The fire was devouring the building.

If ye refuse[…]ye shall be devoured with the sword.

Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

She intended to devour the book.

Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.

After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.

She devoured! She left no crumbs!

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