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wolfs

  • present tense form
    of wolf (3rd person singular).
    wolf
    noun
    any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.

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Costa conveys nearly everything he needs to simply through his arrangement of the actors’ bodies: The man hungrily wolfs down his food in the foreground, chattering about Joaquim’s kindness and decency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020

Alleged assailants in both cases have been painted as lone wolfs acting out of mental instability and disagreement with the politicians’ messages.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2018

He wheels his bike confidently up to the cafe, birdlike and sprightly in a striped shirt and skinny jeans, and wolfs down an éclair.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2016

Even the highest-ranking executive shamelessly wolfs down a taco.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2015

Despite her calming words to the children, in the privacy of her own heart Penelope was still haunted by Cassiopeia’s plaintive cry at the sight of the wolfs head in Lord Fredrick’s study.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood