devour
verb (used with object)
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
devours
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present tense formof devour (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In India's tech capital Bengaluru, the morning "rush hour" lasts so long it devours half the workday, throttling productivity in a city often viewed as the poster child of a booming economy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
That hot, hard rock devours conventional drill bits and makes a hash of the concrete usually poured deep underground around the steel pipes required to line such a well and keep it from collapsing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
In Screen Gab No. 142, the actor behind Alyn of Hull stops by to discuss ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, our editor devours ‘Presumed Innocent’ and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
With each strike, he devours the essence of liberty and justice, leaving behind a trail of desolation and despair.
From Salon ● May 8, 2024
“The glimourie. The world’s glimourie. He devours it.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
