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
The Angel of the Lord, 47.—An unconsuming fire, 48.—Inquiry: reverence.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. Chadwick
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
His passage kindles to unconsuming fires and quenches into living ashes.
From The Rhythm of Life by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
Sometimes it glows in purple, pink, and crimson, intense, but unconsuming, like Horeb's burning bush.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 by Various
