All 3 Uses of
ravenous
in
Catch-22
- Yossarian had responded ravenously to the pungent aroma of spicy lamb while he was still in the cab of the ambulance bouncing down along the knotted road that lay like a broken suspender between the hospital and the squadron.†
Chpt 2 *
- McWatt was too busy responding at the controls to Yossarian's strident instructions as Yossarian slipped the plane in on the bomb run and then whipped them all away violently around the ravenous pillars of exploding shells with curt, shrill, obscene commands to McWatt that were much like the anguished, entreating nightmare yelpings of Hungry Joe in the dark.†
Chpt 5
- He thirsted for life and reached out ravenously to grasp and hold Nurse Duckett's flesh.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(ravenous) extremely hungry