Example Sentences

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Inside over breakfast, the chatter of possible strikes and crew members wolfing down baked beans, fried eggs and mugs of tea.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

“I would be wolfing down this food,” Walton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

People who viewed the campaign requiring them to imagine themselves wolfing down the French fries indicated a desire to eat fewer chips than those who were exposed to the French fries campaign without consumption imagery.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023

Frazier treasures their quieter moments in high school — just two friends playing video games, shooting hoops, wolfing down peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hot dogs and chips.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

At the opposite end of the room, Joan was wolfing her Spam and broiled tomato with great appetite.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath