devour
verb (used with object)
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
has been devouring
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present perfect progressiveof devour (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Close has been devouring Doritos, Oreos and coffee ice cream, the same snacks, not coincidentally, that her character, Alex, ate in “Fatal Attraction” when things were going south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2020
Why, you were complaining you could not get at the Tiger that has been devouring your cattle.
From The Talking Beasts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
"Here, during the twenty-five years in which Europe has been devouring herself," he exclaimed, "the door of the house I inhabit has remained open day and night."
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Hugh Miller
Thus I discover for you your hidden and unsuspected foe, which has been devouring your wood in such secrecy, that you had not the least suspicion it was there.
From Wanderings in South America by Charles Waterton
Why, you were complaining you could not get at the Tiger that has been devouring your cattle; I got into this net to-day that you may have him.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 1 by William Patten
