devour
verb (used with object)
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
devoured
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past participleof devour.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof devour.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
devourverb (used with object)to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
Example Sentences
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The blaze had devoured an area nearly twice the size of Manhattan by Friday morning.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Books devoured me, they ate me," she said.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The raven and a “silent partner” then snatched the helpless goslings and devoured them—a machination to make Poe proud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
It arrived at the peak of unscripted television’s popularity — a period when audiences devoured shows like “Survivor” and “American Idol” at their regularly scheduled times on television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
You think of Jonah, who, after enduring being partially digested by the whale, burst into tears on a mountaintop when the gourd vine protecting him from the sun was devoured by a worm and died.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
