Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. From LearnThat.org. [Lao Tzu (c.604-531 BC)]
He’d been hungry himself before, but he’d never understood the term ravenous until he watched her eat. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly Promises] Reference
The word "ravenous" scarcely indicates their condition!. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Rocky Mountains Wandering Will in the Land of the Redskin] Reference
Not much-maligned "ravenous" White women snatching successful brothers from the fold. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
He describes the OHSAA as "ravenous" and is highly critical of former commissioner Clair Muscaro. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The puppies did not receive adequate food and were "ravenous" when the inspectors took them from the shelter. From Wordnik.com. [WWLTV.com Top Stories] Reference
Furred Law-cats, that are a kind of ravenous devils; thus we shall remove all manner of tyranny out of the land. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5] Reference
046: 011 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
This is a book in ravenous search of the particular. From Wordnik.com. [War and Remembrance] Reference
There was only one problem: swarms of ravenous flying bugs. From Wordnik.com. [The Buzz About Bradley] Reference
I'm in a dangerous phase; anything that moves draws my ravenous eye. From Wordnik.com. [IN THE JAWS OF KRONOS] Reference
The press 'capacity for mischief was ravenous, Jefferson complained. From Wordnik.com. [Stanley Kutler: Our Enabling Media] Reference
Chalabi's ravenous ambition has made plenty of enemies over the years. From Wordnik.com. [The Face of Iraqi Democracy] Reference
Patrick forgets to eat for long stretches, then all at once is ravenous. From Wordnik.com. [Obituary] Reference
That's unusual and just one example of Loueke's ravenous stylistic reach. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel Loueke: Jazz Meets African Rhythms On 'Mwaliko'] Reference
Twain was exuberant and, it seems, ravenous -- his list goes on for pages. From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Remembrance of Things Past? Saving Vanishing Regional Food] Reference
Skipping any meal sets you up to be ravenous when you do finally eat a meal. From Wordnik.com. [New Harbinger: 5 Tips to Avoid Overeating] Reference
And of course, enough steak to feed a clutch of ravenous athletes and their kin. From Wordnik.com. [Patricia Yarberry Allen: Made Here, Served 600 Miles Away: The Highland Games Dinner] Reference
Her drug addiction got so ravenous that at parties she'd raid hosts 'medicine cabinets. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong End Of The Rainbow] Reference
All told, China's ravenous factories hoovered up 42 percent of U.S. scrap exports in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [The Tao of Junk] Reference
For Hong Kong, with its ravenous appetite for fresh local chicken, it's a tough adjustment. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
Up on Willow Creek, men are men and lone sheep send ravenous coyotes into feeding frenzies. From Wordnik.com. [SEVEN DEGREES LESS THAN ZERO] Reference
Steroids given to help ease certain side effects of chemotherapy prompt a ravenous appetite. From Wordnik.com. [Health for Life M.D.: Breast Cancer] Reference
IS THE PUBLIC APPETITE FOR KENNEDYANA sufficiently ravenous to devour two new tell-some books?. From Wordnik.com. [A Double Helping Of Kennedy Dish] Reference
Our food is very good and we have the best of all receipts, ravenous appetites for every meal. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
Recent headlines seem to indicate that Europe poses a threat to Microsoft's ravenous appetites. From Wordnik.com. [Dial W For War] Reference
Moreover, the band's ravenous appetite was indicative of the gluttony that epitomized the '80s. From Wordnik.com. [A Gritty Homage To Motley Crue In 'The Dirt'] Reference
Going back to Prohibition, Juárez has helped sate the ravenous American appetite for contraband. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodshed On the Border] Reference
From robot invaders to ravenous sharks, these are our favourite offerings from the Android Market. From Wordnik.com. [Ten essential Google Android games] Reference
I sit on the telephone wire, a ravenous vulture watching a man and a woman arguing across the street. From Wordnik.com. [The Scavenger] Reference
The ravenous front-line flames rolled overhead in a gale of burning wind, ate the trees, incinerated the grass. From Wordnik.com. [Playground in the Fire] Reference
How, amid the ravenous media pack that has descended on the O.J. Simpson trial, can a weekly publication like NEWSWEEK compete?. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Dream Team' Behind Our O.J. Coverage] Reference
The superb cast includes Klaus Kinski as the exhausted but ravenous vampire and Isabelle Adjani as his alabaster-skinned victim. From Wordnik.com. [A Bite in the Darkness] Reference
Now that it is over she is ravenous — sucked and pink and scraped clean — and the only thing she can think is what to eat. From Wordnik.com. [Girl] Reference
We start the party an hour early, we who are already ravenous and lit, start by spelling out his name in textbooks on the table. From Wordnik.com. [Alfalfa] Reference
They thought it might be in a trunk or a closet, but all they found in the closet were his pair of ravenous Greek dogs, clawing to get out. From Wordnik.com. [BOLO: Alfred Chester's Wig] Reference
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