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

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 McKenzie, Aimée G. Leffingwel

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

Hush, lad, I am devouring the evidence of your guilt.”

From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by Hazelton, George C.