devour
Example Sentences
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For him and his family, this is a rare chance to devour durians "of good quality, and sometimes at nearly half the price of previous seasons".
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
Tech is having a tough week, with fresh fears AI is going to devour software and now Alphabet’s eye-popping capital spending plans to absorb.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
When I see my girlfriend devour books faster than the popcorn she keeps within arm’s reach, I feel guilty — and envious.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
In this whirlwind of a year, amid the tariffs of Liberation Day and other Supreme Court arguments, I carved out a precious block of time to devour Akhil Reed Amar’s latest masterpiece, “Born Equal.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
But they weren’t positively certain until later, when they watched him devour a pack of butterscotch Krimpets.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Vocabulary lists containing devour
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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