Verb (used with object) : Fire devoured the old museum. ,to devour the works of Freud. ,a mind devoured by fears. From Dictionary.com.
“I sincerely trust,” said Hilary, “that he has not what they call devouring passions.”. From Wordnik.com. [Flowering Wilderness] Reference
I still have them and can recall devouring every last bit of the cover art and liner notes. From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
I do recall devouring a delicious bacon cheeseburger in the lobby bar of the PGA National Resort. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
I know what is the matter: they feel dull, they want to work; they are tormented at the idea of devouring their honey instead of making it. From Wordnik.com. [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference
The old woman stared at Tuppence with a kind of devouring interest. From Wordnik.com. [N or M]
The remarkable photographs showing the giant Andromeda galaxy 'devouring' a smaller star formation. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to World's first vegetarian spider discovered who 'cheat' the system] Reference
Recently though, he has been enthusiastically 'devouring' the trilogy and other Tolkien books and loves them too. From Wordnik.com. [Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net™ | The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Movie News and Rumors] Reference
I recall devouring every issue of S&T. From Wordnik.com. [E.Jim Shannon] Reference
'devouring' a smaller star formation is described by experts as the 'Holy Grail' of. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to World's first vegetarian spider discovered who 'cheat' the system] Reference
Visualise tearing his wings off him and devouring them. From Wordnik.com. [The Measure Of A Man] Reference
She's a writer, after all, and readers are devouring her work. From Wordnik.com. [How Many ...S For Tasty Writing] Reference
Plotted less like an inverted V than like a snake devouring its tail. From Wordnik.com. [American Means Black, Too] Reference
Lately I wake up in the middle of the night craving, then devouring, sweets. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Middle-of-the-night cravings] Reference
A quarter century later these forces are devouring each other, and the capital. From Wordnik.com. [Race To The Bottom] Reference
But she and her neighbors are sure about why the waters are devouring their land. From Wordnik.com. [The Sacred Island That's Shrinking Away] Reference
Four decades after his death, he continues to cast a long, almost devouring shadow. From Wordnik.com. [Still Chasin’ the Trane] Reference
Since 1968, Democrats have made a blood sport of devouring their presumptive nominee. From Wordnik.com. [A Blood Sport] Reference
Khieu feared for his own life, though, when the revolution began devouring its children. From Wordnik.com. [Facing A Grisly Past] Reference
Donald Rumsfeld + "The crocodile" still devouring Washington with his guile, style and smile. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
On Monday, Vasiliev matched those soaring, stage-devouring leaps with acting of burning intensity. From Wordnik.com. [Spartacus; Laurencia] Reference
In the meantime she's devouring "open source" materials -- books and magazine articles on foreign affairs. From Wordnik.com. [A New Breed Of War Widow] Reference
To further push the devouring fear and sexuality, the scene concludes with Peggy stating that she's hungry. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Turley: Mad Men Season 4, Episode 6 -- Dissolving Identity and the Female Gaze] Reference
By Thursday morning, FBI agents were devouring passenger manifests and interviewing the airline's maintenance crews. From Wordnik.com. [Death On Flight 800] Reference
Lounge in Moroccan-style tents while devouring Argentinean beef and sipping strong, sweet mojitos (km5-lounge. com). From Wordnik.com. [4 Hours in Ibiza] Reference
Enormous, future-devouring numbers turn over in Congress with such ease, if the money is demanded by the war machine. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Koehler: The Suffering of Fallujah] Reference
The nutria have proven to be overly destructive, demolishing the levees and devouring the native New Orleans ecosystem. From Wordnik.com. [Mireya Mayor: Wild Nights in the Concrete Jungle] Reference
Barred from reading newspapers or magazines during his months in detention, Lindh has been devouring the works of James Joyce. From Wordnik.com. [Why Did John Walker Lindh Make A Deal?] Reference
You can't lay on a beach or board an airplane these days without seeing someone devouring one of the late Stieg Larsson's series. From Wordnik.com. [Billy Frolick: Lisbeth Salander in 2012!] Reference
After nearly a decade of stagnation, Japanese companies are now devouring their equity by paying unneeded workers until retirement. From Wordnik.com. [Sony: Play As Work] Reference
Meanwhile, villagers hide their chickens, trying to smuggle them out of town or simply devouring them before the authorities arrive. From Wordnik.com. [A Costly Disease] Reference
We buy them by the dozen, and we read them, many of us, in bed and elsewhere, devouring every page as hungrily as if they were novels. From Wordnik.com. [Why there's more to cookbooks than recipes] Reference
When you get your hands on truly ripe peaches, there's nothing better than devouring them as they are, savouring every luscious mouthful. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's peach recipes] Reference
PETER OVERBY: Dan Rostenkowski was the gruff, deal-making, steak-devouring embodiment of Congress in the second half of the 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [Former House Titan Rostenkowski Was Deal-Maker] Reference
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