devouringly
- a word derived from devour.
Example Sentences
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His two reddish eyes rolled devouringly toward the blanket in its waterproof roll.
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
She listened devouringly and could now distinctly hear a slow regular breathing, somewhere near, but which way she could not tell.
From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by Vera, [pseud.]
At these words Guy strained every nerve in his body and listened devouringly.
From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by Vera, [pseud.]
He would have had no interest whatever in the man's riches; riches are no criterion of triumph; but he would have been devouringly interested in what the riches had done with the man.
From The Whole Armour of God by Jowett, John Henry
The truth was, she was in a fever of apprehension, restless, doomed, miserable; devouringly in love, yet dreading to be loved.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
