Example Sentences

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On Day 3, out of desperation, I decided to pick her up while she was wolfing down her dinner, an interruption guaranteed to elicit a howl of protest.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2022

Mikal Boston, 32, a Texan whom I met while she was wolfing down a piping-hot cookie, agreed.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2018

While the Museum of Modern Art was wolfing down audacious helpings of Cubism, the Met was content with a tasting menu of early Blue Period, Rose Period and neo-Classical fare.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2010

Finally there was the one about the cadet who wondered why his fiance was wolfing down a costly meal at a fancy restaurant when she never ate like that at home.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was wolfing it down already, crazy to head for town.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck