have been wolfing

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of wolf.
  wolf

  noun

  any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.

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have been wolfing

Had he been alone, or running at the head of the hunt-pack, he would even now have been wolfing down huge mouthfuls of the warm, blood-dripping meat.

From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

I knew that there was something up, or you would have been wolfing more than your share of those sandwiches.

From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey

Related Words

• devour
• gobble
• gulp