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.
• They’re drawn to kids too — not to spoil them and bring them presents but to devour them alive.
  — Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
• Deflect the credit when things go right, devour the blame when things go wrong.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2019
• Their whole crew has turned nigh-immortal from devouring the souls of children who have the shining.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Styled as Pac-Man, the figure is depicted on the verge of devouring a blue dot.
  — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
• As the fire devoured a home in Worcester early Wednesday, a distress call came from the top floor.
  — Meg Oliver, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2019
• Audiences devoured both tracks, with Tinashe encouraging the crowd to sing along to the latter.
  — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
• The violence is graphic, with a wooden puppet devoured by a shark while others get torn apart by bullets and vicious cats.
  — Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2019
• Bacalhau was something to devour at home: the slabs of fish doused with olive oil from the faux-crystal decanter my parents would top up from a large yellow can.
  — 1843, 31 Oct. 2019
• The prized black-footed, acorn-devouring pigs are a breed native to Spain and produce what connoisseurs consider the finest ham in the world.
  — Carolyn Jung, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• Pumping and natural settlement have brought subsidence, and the sea is devouring football field-size chunks of the coastline every day.
  — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2019
• In Scottish folklore, the kelpie is a shape-shifting creature that lives underwater and can easily devour humans.
  — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
• As the value of their homes decline, and as property taxes keep increasing, devouring the equity in their homes, the serfs pay and pay for these public worker contracts.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• Andre and her family had mere minutes to flee the Tubbs Fire in 2017, and flames were devouring their back fence by the time her husband drove away.
  — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 10 Nov. 2019
• The fact of the matter is that the 49ers defense is going to devour Kyler Murray and the Cardinals are going to be lucky to score two touchdowns.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 29 Oct. 2019
• 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
• All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured.
  — Frederick M. Hess, National Review, 25 Nov. 2019
• 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

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024