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devouring
Yesterday I spent the whole night devouring an extremely compelling ghost story.
From the bbc.co.uk
Until then, the Carnivore Class rules each weekend, devouring plate after plate.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It's essentially a defense mechanism designed to stop animals devouring the pod.
From the time.com
The mass slaughter of sparrows brought on an upsurge of grain-devouring insects.
From the time.com
It is like an airborne hoover, devouring up to 3,000 midges and mozzies a night.
From the express.co.uk
They made disconcerting crunching noises while gleefully devouring animal bones.
From the dailyherald.com
As always, Parker's prose is as hard to stop devouring as a bag of potato chips.
From the bostonherald.com
All are capable of devouring large amounts of a crop in a short period of time.
From the stltoday.com
A pink bollworm caterpillar emerges after devouring seeds inside a cotton boll.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
- Enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
- Eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
- Eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
- (devouring) avid: (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
- Devour is a 2005 horror film directed by David Winkler.
- "Devour" is a song recorded and performed by the hard rock band Shinedown. The song was released as the first single in promotion of the band's third studio album, The Sound of Madness. The track landed online and at multi-format rock radio outlets nationwide on May 5. ...
- (The Devouring) The Devouring is a teen horror novel by author Simon Holt. This book was published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on September 1, 2008. The Devouring is the first in a series; the second book, titled The Devouring #2: Soulstice, was released September 1, 2009.
- To eat quickly, greedily, or hungrily; to eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing
