ravenous appetite

noun phrase

: a great desire for food
After hiking all day, I had a ravenous appetite.

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Indeed, outside of American Idol, contemporary Christian stars like Daigle (an early-2010s Idol reject) and Lake have tapped into a ravenous appetite for modern worship music. — Zach Schonfeld, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2025 McNamara again stood out as indefatigable and disciplined, with superior analytical intelligence and a ravenous appetite for information. — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 The ravenous appetite for Nvidia’s chips is the main reason that the company’s stock price has increased so rapidly since early 2023. — Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025 What's mucking up the process is a telepathic outlier named The Mule (Pilou Asbæk), whose ravenous appetite for galactic dominance has created anomalies in Seldon's branching prognostications of how this whole ordeal will unfold. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Her husband mentioned that Jango had skipped breakfast, which was unusual given his normally ravenous appetite. — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025 But for one young camper — with a ravenous appetite for reading and knowledge — this summer, the traditional camp menu of activities has been enhanced by a special supplement. — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 28 July 2025 And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite. — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 June 2025 The changing face of major college athletics is a snarling one with sharp teeth and a ravenous appetite. — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Ravenous appetite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ravenous%20appetite. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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