voracious
adjective
craving or consuming large quantities of food.
voraciousness
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a word derived from
voracious.
Example Sentences
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But the staffers describe a situation where the accusations were, because of the voraciousness of Carnahan's response, generally accepted as true among party insiders.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2021
Ovechkin went after the mark with some combination of viciousness and voraciousness.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2020
Compiled between 1020 and 1050, The Book of Curiosities exemplifies the intense intellectual voraciousness of scholars in Egypt during the era.
From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2019
“Smart people in China understand that better quality films they have access to, the more Chinese audiences will continue their voraciousness and continue devouring content,” Penotti said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2016
The caliph, notwithstanding the table had been thirty-two times covered, found himself incommoded by the voraciousness of his guest, who was now considerably declined in the prince’s esteem.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
