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Devouring in a sentence
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Devouring meaning
present participle and gerund of devour
Using Devouring
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of devour
- Useful related words include: avid, esurient, greedy, desirous.
- In the example corpus, devouring often appears in combinations such as: devouring the, and devouring, devouring their.
Context around Devouring
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Devouring
- In this selection, "devouring" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, genre, easily, surreptitiously, narwhal, glare and everything stand out and add context to how "devouring" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a potentially devouring feline on and and while devouring lives. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "devouring" sits close to words such as aau, abandons and affections, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with devouring
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Short-term devouring of even the pretense of civilization. (9 words)
Pandemic is a pandemic for it shows no partisanship in its march forward and while devouring lives. (17 words)
Perhaps no medium operates more like devouring a tray of appetizers than immersing oneself in a TikTok channel. (18 words)
If a national ID card is to become a reality, let us accept its very real benefits and not get exercised in collective paranoia about some giant, national body hungrily devouring our very being as we are subsumed within its electronically driven maw. (43 words)
In second grade, I got in trouble for surreptitiously devouring “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” under my desk during other lessons because I couldn’t stand that my class was reading it one chapter at a time. (39 words)
The images of the flames devouring the roof and steeple of the monument that has turned into an open-air church continue to generate anger and consternation on social media, not least because of their over-familiarity. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
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Around Thursday evening, the mugshot was released, revealing the glowering Trump, who radiates a devouring glare toward the camera against a drab backdrop.
If Mexico ever hoped to escape the violence that was devouring it, Linares often said, the press would need to pursue the politicians who enabled the crime.
Perhaps no medium operates more like devouring a tray of appetizers than immersing oneself in a TikTok channel.
The ‘red spot’ is some kind of being devouring everything, so Starman makes a giant gravity rod to expel it from the planet.
There's an icicle dagger in the demented heart of William Oldroyd's droll, immaculately crafted, genre-devouring portrait of perversity.
I'd overindulge to the point of sickness, easily devouring three burgers, a large portion of fries, two hefty sodas, plus dessert in one sitting.
In second grade, I got in trouble for surreptitiously devouring “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” under my desk during other lessons because I couldn’t stand that my class was reading it one chapter at a time.
The argument comes after the entire population of Cranberry Portage evacuated Saturday as a massive blaze burned toward the northwestern Manitoba community, devouring trees on thousands of hectares of land.
The Chinese mantis is quick to take flight and can often be seen devouring prey much larger than itself.
The Dyson V8 comes with the revolutionary Motorbar cleaning head, the fur-devouring hair screw tool, a crevice tool for corners and upholstery, a charger, and an easy-to-install wall dock for ideal storage.
The images of the flames devouring the roof and steeple of the monument that has turned into an open-air church continue to generate anger and consternation on social media, not least because of their over-familiarity.
If a national ID card is to become a reality, let us accept its very real benefits and not get exercised in collective paranoia about some giant, national body hungrily devouring our very being as we are subsumed within its electronically driven maw.
It’s not surprising, then, to see the wide jaws of a potentially devouring feline on the cover.
Jalen Hurts played so well in his debut as a starter in place of Carson Wentz that, in the absence of fresh meat, the fans have begun devouring themselves.
Like a marauding army, they attack honey bee hives, killing adult bees and devouring larvae and pupae, WSU said.
Pandemic is a pandemic for it shows no partisanship in its march forward and while devouring lives.
Short-term devouring of even the pretense of civilization.
Should anyone have the misfortune of touching the goo, a small fraction will cling to its opponents' body, slowly proliferating and devouring their proteins until nothing is left.
The fire ripped through the eastern Washington town of about 200 people within three to four hours on Monday, Sheriff Myers said, devouring many prominent buildings and between 75 and 90 homes.
Common combinations with devouring
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- devouring the 7×
- and devouring 6×
- devouring their 2×
- while devouring 2×
- devouring all 2×
- with devouring 2×
- of devouring 2×
- fires devouring 2×
- are devouring 2×
- by devouring 2×