Devoured

Examples

• Devoured in haste, I do not know its flavour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I did not love; but I was devoured by a restless wish to be something to others. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Rats were hunted eagerly; cowhide was gnawed and sawdust devoured to stay the pangs of hunger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I am being devoured by a lion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Two of the corpses appeared to have been partially devoured as though by wolves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I devoured my bread and drank my coffee with relish; but I should have been glad of as much more--I was still hungry. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But this beauty serves merely as a guide to birds and beasts, in order that the fruit may be devoured and the matured seeds disseminated. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The man's voracious vanity devoured this implied tribute to his local and critical supremacy with an appearance of the highest relish. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I greedily devoured the remnants of the shepherd's breakfast, which consisted of bread, cheese, milk, and wine; the latter, however, I did not like. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• You are melancholy at times, you are devoured with spleen, you find the life you lead too dreary for your soul. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He walked up to the sideboard, and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously, washing it down with a long draught of water. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I devoured the books they lent me: then it was full satisfaction to discuss with them in the evening what I had perused during the day. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The carcase is often left to rot upon the ground, or to be devoured by beasts and birds of prey. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He caught it up, devoured it with his eyes, and then danced madly about the room, pressing it to his bosom and shrieking out in his delight. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The girl emptied the stiffened mould into my hand, and I devoured it ravenously. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• On the following morning it was seen that one of the corpses had been partially devoured. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Caroline devoured his words; she held his hand in hers; she drew a long breath. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Edited by Bonita