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.
• Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019
• Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul.
  — Tessa Berenson, Time, 5 Aug. 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
• 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
• 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
• The wasps hatch, devour the roach inside the egg case and escape by drilling a hole out to freedom.
  — Rob Dunn, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2018
• 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
• Deflect the credit when things go right, devour the blame when things go wrong.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2019
• The icing on the cake (which Joey would devour alone because Joey doesn't share food)?
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 27 May 2021
• For manatees, which can devour about 100 pounds of plants a day, the toll was even worse.
  — Bethany Barnes, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
• Like the Greek god Chronos, a good number of stars devour their children.
  — Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 30 Aug. 2021
• The wasp larvae will hatch, then devour either all the young bees or all their food.
  — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
• Goats, on the other hand, ravenously devour the leaves and don’t mind climbing to get them.
  — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, 19 Aug. 2019
• Spend the day seeing the sights and devouring plenty of empanadas along the way.
  — Food Drink Life, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
• The snail, inside the shell, is like a very wide, very wet tongue, and is trying to either push the scroll out of the way or devour it.
  — Brandon Shimoda, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• Anything a blog throws into the ether is likely to be shared and devoured by fans.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
• And her fans are more than ready to devour a new adventure.
  — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 1 June 2020
• That’s because the kelp canopy on the periphery of their range had been devoured by sea urchins.
  — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2018
• And for a hungry learner like Williams, one of the challenges for the coaching staff will be to keep their young quarterback from wanting to devour the entire buffet of knowledge in one sitting.
  — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025