Example Sentences

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Marco Lopez, a finance professional in San Antonio who has devoured the books, said he’s never been a big sports fan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

He is a virus entering a perfect, unchanging ecosystem, slowly working his way through the village until his influence has devoured every remaining shred of stasis.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

The ACC is the rare college conference that still relishes basketball more than football — the sport that has devoured most of the college athletic landscape because it provides much of the college athletic revenue.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2022

More than 6,000 people have had to leave their homes as lava has devoured almost 2,000 acres of land and destroyed some 2,000 buildings.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2021

Our table has devoured three baskets of them and we haven’t even ordered yet.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller