ravenous appetite

noun phrase

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

Examples of ravenous appetite in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even with the deluge, his streaming numbers reflect a ravenous appetite amongst rap listeners; he’s become too big to fail. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023 In a city starved for the big moment on the big stage, the Padres tried to sate the ravenous appetite with a single postseason run to the NL Championship Series last fall. Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023

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“Ravenous appetite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ravenous%20appetite. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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