This book is the literary equivalent of Haribo sweets: you only want to eat one, but end up devouring the whole packet.
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Devouring
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She was a tiny girl, but she really held her own on the baritone sax. Nonetheless, I couldn't help but imagine the thing wrapping itself around her and devouring her like a boa constrictor.
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I began to marginalize the pepperoni on the pizza by devouring it selectively based on its protein index.
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Doomed to devouring love, the hapless queen / burns as she gazes, with insatiate fire, / charmed by his presents and his youthful mien.
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