Example Sentences

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If any of the stars of Twilight the Movie appear in Fifty Shades the Movie, then the serpent will have devoured its tail.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2012

"Mayhap that bit of flint shall chase you round Wessex in vain, and meanwhile the ogre will have devoured me."

From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

When all these wolves will have devoured one another, then and then only can we hope for the restoration of the monarchy in France.

From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

The ants will have devoured it before the sun rises, and since it has no value for you it is well to go to sleep.

From The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan by Otis, James