devour
verb (used with object)
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
devours
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present tense formof devour (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In India's tech capital Bengaluru, the morning "rush hour" lasts so long it devours half the workday, throttling productivity in a city often viewed as the poster child of a booming economy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
That hot, hard rock devours conventional drill bits and makes a hash of the concrete usually poured deep underground around the steel pipes required to line such a well and keep it from collapsing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
He doesn’t run so much as he devours real estate in huge chunks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
Homo ecophagus means the man who devours the ecosystem — and that's what we are doing.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
He remarked, “The alchemical worm Ouroboros that encircles the world devours itself.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
