Sample sentences for DEVOUR - verbalworkout.com

3 meanings

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1 —as in:
devoured three sandwiches

Definition

eat rapidly and completely — usually due to being very hungry

She devoured everything on her plate in less than two minutes and asked for more.

devoured = ate rapidly and completely

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The lions devoured the antelope.

devoured = ate rapidly and completely

I started devouring the sandwich.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

devouring = eating rapidly and completely

We sat on the bed and all but devoured the food.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

devoured = ate rapidly and completely

A few times, they even smuggled him smoked oysters. Louie devoured them and tiptoed to the fence to pitch the cans into Tokyo Bay.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

devoured = ate rapidly and completely

After he had devoured the chocolate he felt somewhat ashamed of himself and hung about in the streets for several hours, until hunger drove him home.
George Orwell -- 1984

devoured = eaten rapidly and completely

Dill devoured it, chewing with his front teeth, as was his custom.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

devoured = ate rapidly and completely

I greedily devoured the remnants of the shepherd's breakfast, which consisted of bread, cheese, milk, and wine; the latter, however, I did not like.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

devoured = ate rapidly and completely

In the adjoining sector they attacked two large cats and a dog, bit them to death and devoured them.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

devoured = ate rapidly and completely

He devours a spoonful and says, "You're weird."
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give

devours = eats rapidly and completely

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2 —as in:
devours crime novels

Definition

to read, listen, or watch with eager interest

She devoured everything he wrote.

devoured = read with eager interest

She devours anything written about him.

devours = reads, listens, or watches with eager interest

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3 —as in:
devoured by flames

Definition

to completely consume, destroy, or engulf (surround or cover)

The entire block was devoured in the fire.

devoured = completely consumed or destroyed

Other Uses (with this meaning)

I saw the mudslide devour the road.

devour = completely engulf (cover)

Over a thousand acres of the forest was devoured by the flames.

devoured = completely consumed or destroyed

The only path safe from her reach would take him into the devouring whirlpool of Charybdis.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

devouring = consuming (as though to swallow ships)

Immediately Meg was swept into darkness, into nothingness, and then into the icy devouring cold of the Black Thing.
Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time

devouring = swallowing (completely surrounding and covering)

My revenge is of no moment to you; yet, while I allow it to be a vice, I confess that it is the devouring and only passion of my soul.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

devouring = consuming

Then love-devouring death do what he dare;
It is enough I may but call her mine.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

devouring = consuming (destroying completely)

We stood watching the street fill with men and cars while fire silently devoured Miss Maudie's house.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

devoured = consumed or destroyed completely

We stood on the street watching the flames devour the shack.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle

devour = consume or destroy completely

The waves rose in growing fury, each over-topping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

devouring = consuming (as though to swallow the ship)

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