All 8 Uses of
devour
in
The Two Towers
- _When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill and wood shall slay; When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day; When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitter rain I'll look for thee, and call to thee; I'll come to thee again!†
Chpt 3.4
- Fire shall devour the high seat.†
Chpt 3.6 *
- Many fair things Saruman has destroyed: has he devoured the springs of Isen too?†
Chpt 3.8
- Must we pass this way, where the carrion-beasts devour so many good Riders of the Mark?†
Chpt 3.8
- Grievous is the fall of your men; but you shall see that at least the wolves of the mountains do not devour them.†
Chpt 3.8
- He will be devoured, if the power of the East stretches out its arms to Isengard.†
Chpt 3.10
- War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory.†
Chpt 4.5
- It is said that their lords were men of Numenor who had fallen into dark wickedness; to them the Enemy had given rings of power, and he had devoured them: living ghosts they were become, terrible and evil.†
Chpt 4.6
Definition:
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(devour as in: devoured three sandwiches) eat rapidly and completely -- usually due to being very hungry