Both Uses of
devour
in
Babbitt
- He devoured the statistics which were given to him, and marveled to his roommate, W. A. Rogers, "Of course this town isn't a patch on Zenith; it hasn't got our outlook and natural resources; but did you know—I nev' did till to-day—that they manufactured seven hundred and sixty-three million feet of lumber last year?†
Chpt 13
- More than mountains or the shore-devouring sea, a city retains its character, imperturbable, cynical, holding behind apparent changes its essential purpose.†
Chpt 26 *
Definition:
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(devour as in: devoured three sandwiches) eat rapidly and completely -- usually due to being very hungry