devour
verb (used with object)
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
was devouring
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past progressiveof devour.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
I was about two hours into Lauren Bello’s puzzle game, but I was devouring it more as a story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
But by then I was just glad Phoebe was devouring it.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 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
The idea made the fire that was devouring his heart blaze up even more fiercely and he started off in pursuit.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
