devour
verb (used with object)
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
am devouring
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present progressiveof devour (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And I am devouring a heap of moist, sepia-toned whole hog, faintly smoky, chopped coarsely and flavored with a vinegar-pepper sauce.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2015
Hush, lad, I am devouring the evidence of your guilt.”
From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by George C. Hazelton
I have reread my notes, I am making another new plan and I am devouring the ecclesiastical memoirs of the Nain de Tillemont.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by Aimée G. Leffingwel McKenzie
Remember what I wrote of a certain lady;—and Ben has hunted me up a law-book, which I am devouring.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various
