How to Use devour in a Sentence

devour

verb
  • The lions devoured their prey.
  • He watched intently, devouring the scene before him with his eyes.
  • He devoured everything on his plate.
  • She devoured every golf magazine she could find.
  • Some whales use this method to devour up to around 20 tons of seafood each day.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Stress-free time to spend with Mom now that dessert is done and ready to be devoured.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Needless to say, all three of my kids devoured this one and asked for more.
    Esther Carlstone, Parents, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Like the first two in the series, The Heart Principle is steamy and easy to devour.
    Marie Claire, 2 Oct. 2021
  • But instead of devouring the rat right away, the blue heron took its time.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Not every game needs to be long enough to devour your life.
    PCMAG, 21 May 2024
  • All of that adds up to 27 treats any beauty lover will devour on sight.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 13 Sep. 2024
  • With few predators, the snakes are free to devour native species unchecked.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The best late-season food plot is the one that doesn’t get devoured before the late season comes.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The icing on the cake (which Joey would devour alone because Joey doesn't share food)?
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 27 May 2021
  • Like the Greek god Chronos, a good number of stars devour their children.
    Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Spend the day seeing the sights and devouring plenty of empanadas along the way.
    Food Drink Life, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Anything a blog throws into the ether is likely to be shared and devoured by fans.
    Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • And her fans are more than ready to devour a new adventure.
    Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 1 June 2020
  • Here again this theme of a devouring likeness resurfaces, the twin that spells death.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • People devour it the same way the bear gobbled up all that cocaine.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2021
  • But some meals are meant to be savored instead of devoured.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
  • The pro-gun lobby in this nation is inviting us to devour the flesh of our sons and of our daughters.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • Weeds devour the tombs just as our minds eat away at our memories.
    Pamina Firchow, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The species is a smaller and shorter-spined cousin of the purple urchins devouring kelp forests.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • And then there’s the movie premiere itself, where ghoulish fans, straight out of The Day of the Locust, threaten to devour her.
    Gregg Kilday, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And we were getting devoured by substance abuse and stuff.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
  • The kids devour them with some Fairlife lactose-free milk.
    Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2024
  • So, a new study of which apps devour the battery is very revealing.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Weaving compares Frank to Saturn devouring his sons, the classical myth where a Titan eats his young to prevent them from replacing him.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Besides oil, prices also fell for copper and other commodities that a healthy Chinese economy would devour.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024

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