Example Sentences

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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.]

She was very girlish, in spite of her assumption of a young lady's dress and airs, and she loved him devouringly.

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Garland, Hamlin

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 night passed away; in the morning I felt devouringly hungry. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis