devour
verb (used with object)
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
devouringly
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a word derived from
devour.
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 [pseud.] Vera
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 Evariste Regis Huc
His two reddish eyes rolled devouringly toward the blanket in its waterproof roll.
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
He tried hard to make the inquiry, so devouringly eager, sound carelessly casual.
From Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
Like an ocean monster of the old legend rolling devouringly upon the land, death leaped from the waves and laid its victims low.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
