was devouring
- past progressive of devour.
Example Sentences
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“Steve’s pursuit of perfection was devouring the timeline,” Mr. Cain writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Conservationists from the late 19th and early 20th century also recognized that the Industrial Revolution was devouring millions of acres of wilderness that had once been pristine and beautiful.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2022
By his late teens, Campbell was devouring John Steinbeck’s novels, Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” the works of Graham Greene and Albert Camus, even Jean Cocteau.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
There was the time Bourdain raved about a Hong Kong restaurant’s Peking Duck, only to be told he was devouring suckling pig.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
The guilt, at this point, was devouring him like a horde of termites.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
