devour
verb (used with object)
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
undevoured
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a word derived from
devour.
Example Sentences
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He wrenched himself away and staggered back, glaring and wiping his mouth, which was undevoured but glistening with spit.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The canine gnawing audible on the Pebble-bank had been repeated ever since at each tide, but the pebbles remained undevoured.
From The Well-Beloved by Thomas Hardy
He had caught his fly in the web; he was not likely to let him go long undevoured.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
But these be the carpings of age; I am sure that no boy lucky enough to find Mortallone among his Christmas presents will leave a paragraph undevoured.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 by Various
The bones were not yet picked clean, although more than half of the carcass was eaten, and Jimmy wondered, as he rushed forward, that the voracious beasts had left a morsel undevoured.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 by James Elverson
