Sample Sentences forvoracious (editor-reviewed)
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She had a voracious appetite, finishing an entire rotisserie chicken in record time.voracious = extremely hungry
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She is a voracious reader, devouring books faster than anyone else in her class.voracious = eager
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The voracious team, ate six pizzas without stopping to thank their host.voracious = extremely hungry
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Generally speaking, she was voracious in bed.† (source)
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His voracious eyes fixed on Alex as if she were a luscious plate of cheeseburgers.† (source)
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Papi was a voracious reader, couldn't even go cheating without a paperback in his pocket.† (source)
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But I couldn't see it again, and it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.† (source)
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Louie ate voraciously, got stronger, and expanded exponentially, his face and body bloating from water retention.† (source)
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The Silver mob pours in, searching through the stalls with the voracity of wolves.† (source)
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Years later, reviewing the chronicle of those days, Dr. Juvenal Urbino confirmed that his father's methodology had been more charitable than scientific and, in many ways, contrary to reason, so that in large measure it had fostered the voraciousness of the plague.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Voracious for glory, greedy for danger, I roamed the horizons of al-Kulab, Watching time level mountains In its search and its hunger for me.† (source)
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On these occasions I read quickly, voraciously, almost skimming, trying to get as much into my head as possible before the next long starvation.† (source)
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In Tjaden this is voracity, in Müller it is foresight.† (source)
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Her student loans were voracious and demanded monthly feedings, so she took the job and the paycheck and kept her eyes open for greener pastures.† (source)
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She stalked across the littered yard and climbed into the buggy, noticing with grim satisfaction that the men were tearing at the ham and cramming bits into their mouths voraciously.† (source)
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With single-minded voracity they waded into their breakfast while Angeline watched them tolerantly, making no attempt to correct their appalling manners.† (source)
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