Adjective : A dog is a carnivorous animal. From Dictionary.com.
He careened about the country, campaigning carnivorously. From Wordnik.com. [The Running Is Done] Reference
Well I've just eaten carnivorously-vicariously through this post. From Wordnik.com. [Duck Soup] Reference
In the list of my deprivations above written, I forgot to mention a fact which I know will gain me the sympathy of all carnivorously disposed people. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
Aristotle, a dirty man, carnivorously interested in the body of the only guest now occupying the only arm – chair, came into the room ostentatiously, put something down, put something straight, and saw that Jacob was still there. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob's Room] Reference
Fastow alleged that the questionable financial instruments he'd helped create, such as LJMs and the carnivorously-monikered Raptors, were pumped up at Skilling's behest to help hide ballooning Enron debt from investors and Wall Street analysts. From Wordnik.com. [Whistleblower Watkins Vindicated By Enron Guilty Verdicts] Reference
It was mad all the time, and it played the game carnivorously. From Wordnik.com. [At Good Old Siwash] Reference
They passed one farm, whose dogs rushed out and bayed at them carnivorously. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
"But the poppies are here to-day," she said, glaring carnivorously upon their glow and splendor. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Poppy] Reference
"But the poppies are here to-day," she said, glaring carnivorously upon their glow and splendour. From Wordnik.com. [Revolution, and Other Essays] Reference
(1939-48) Marechal Floriano in Brazil was graced by that euphonious name: it is now carnivorously known as Piranhas. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 4] Reference
He laughs carnivorously when I tell him that one of these days he will have to write an ode in honour of the Emperor, to please. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II] Reference
He laughs carnivorously when I tell him that one of these days he will have to write an ode in honour of the Emperor, to please me. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
Vegetarians will not be too impressed, but the more carnivorously inclined should brace themselves for huge plates of some of the most tender meat they will ever encounter. From Wordnik.com. [Viator Travel Blog] Reference
But it appeared that the sow not only would not stand being interfered with, but, moreover, was carnivorously inclined; for she was at that very moment routing the tail about with her nose, and received. From Wordnik.com. [Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend] Reference
B.I. #20 (near book's end) contained one of Wood's favorite phrases: "Nevertheless nolo to the charge that I spotted her on the blanket at the concert and sauntered carnivorously over with an overtly one-night objective.". From Wordnik.com. [Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits] Reference
When all this was translated to Fahni he assured Jeekie with earnestness that nothing would induce the Ogula people to eat his mother; moreover, that for her sake they would never look carnivorously on another old woman, fat or thin. From Wordnik.com. [A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa] Reference
And we want fresh blood! "she announced carnivorously, as the pair in the alcove rose and came forward. From Wordnik.com. [Far to Seek A Romance of England and India] Reference
Zhou began investigating China’s food supply after a dinner he shared with a friend in Guangdong, the carnivorously uninhibited southern province where it's said people will "eat anything with wings — except an airplane.". From Wordnik.com. [Poisoned Pork and Other Food Problems] Reference
B.I. #20 near book’s end contained one of Wood’s favorite phrases: “Nevertheless nolo to the charge that I spotted her on the blanket at the concert and sauntered carnivorously over with an overtly one-night objective.”. From Wordnik.com. [James Wood on DFW : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
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