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- When the church came to itself,—for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet,—when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling while he ate the bread ravenously.†
p. 2.9 *
- As Estella looked back over her shoulder before going out at the door, Miss Havisham kissed that hand to her, with a ravenous intensity that was of its kind quite dreadful.†
p. 253.4
- He ate in a ravenous way that was very disagreeable, and all his actions were uncouth, noisy, and greedy.†
p. 350.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(ravenous) extremely hungry
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)