gorge
noun
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
gorging
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present participleof gorge.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Barely a handful of winters have passed since Patriots fans, still gorging on six titles,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
Rather, it denotes licentiousness and lack of control, the actions of a toddler gorging himself on chocolate until he is sick.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
The young sharks were gorging themselves on the hated stingrays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
So Lewis and astrostatistician Brendon Brewer instead investigated much larger, more luminous objects known as quasars—bright astrophysical beacons formed from supermassive black holes gorging on gas at the centers of distant galaxies.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 19, 2023
More than one of the residents had dreamed of gorging on a magnificent banquet, only to wake up devastated.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
