consuming
adjective
strongly and urgently felt.
unconsuming
-
a word derived from
consuming.
Example Sentences
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It was as if they stood at the window of some elven-tower, curtained with threaded jewels of silver and gold, and ruby, sapphire and amethyst, all kindled with an unconsuming fire.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
He unbound the burning fillet, and she saw as though it were a glimpse of that unquenchable, unconsuming flame that devoured him.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
Supreme is still the aim To flee the cold and grey Of our December day, And rest where thy clear spirit burns with unconsuming flame.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
Ye too, who tend Christ's wildering flock, Well may ye gather round the rock That once was Sion's hill: To watch the fire upon the mount Still blazing, like the solar fount, Yet unconsuming still.
From The Christian Year by John Keble
It was a wand whose tip burned with an unconsuming fire, which glowed and twinkled and blazed like some star sent down by the Gods from their own place in the high heaven.
From The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
