devour greedily
Frequency: 7.01.1 per million words
to eat something quickly and in large amounts, showing a strong desire for more
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Examples (20)
- He devoured the food greedily.
- The starving man greedily devoured the loaf of bread.
- After the long hike, the children greedily devoured their sandwiches.
- Look at the kids! They are greedily devouring the birthday cake.
- The wolf devoured the carcass greedily, leaving nothing behind.
- After the long hike, we greedily devoured the entire pizza.
- The starving character in the novel always devours any meal greedily.
- The pack of wolves greedily devoured their kill.
- I was so hungry that I greedily devoured three slices of cake.
- He's always so hungry after soccer practice; he just greedily devours whatever is on his plate.
- The mythical beast devoured the offered sacrifice greedily.
- While everyone else was chatting, he was in the corner, greedily devouring the appetizers.
- If you're truly hungry, you will devour that pizza greedily.
- I'm so hungry I could greedily devour a whole chicken right now.
- By the time we arrived, the stray dog had already greedily devoured all the scraps.
- The survivors of the shipwreck greedily devoured the first proper meal they'd had in weeks.
- We watched in amazement as the python greedily devoured its prey whole.
- I watched in amazement as the competitive eater greedily devoured ten hot dogs in a minute.
- The famished refugees would devour any donated food greedily.
- The feast was greedily devoured by the famished travelers.