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as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess
everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!
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as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily
hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge
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Thanks to this steady drip of releases, Like a Dragon fans have been virtually gorging themselves on a wealth of content for years.—
Isaiah Colbert,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025 -
Paddington doesn’t gorge on sadness, as I’ve been known to do.—
Rachel Sherman,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The Wild’s two stars are on fire this series and are devouring the Golden Knights’ defensemen.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Once the pasta dishes have been devoured, Beckham avoids sweet desserts or nightcaps.—
Isabella Milano,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, more seals have been feasting more on small fish — leading to a decline in small fish across the region.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2025
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But predators feasting on the world’s most vulnerable people doesn’t really make for an entertaining movie.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Apr. 2025
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Every lap felt like a mind-numbing carousel ride through car exhaust and past bewildered pedestrians, while inhaling burrito-scented air.—
Marley Dickinson,
Outside Online,
17 Apr. 2025
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The coast was intertwined with every aspect of our time on Izu Peninsula, from watching waves crash on seaside rocks and inhaling the salty sea scent to seeing shrines nestled by the water, like at Shirahama Shrine’s torii gate.—
Kristen E. Pope,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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That meant, gulp, 11 hot dogs had to be consumed in the game, which lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Papa uses this moment to gulp the wine in Elijah's cup.—
Holly Rizzuto Palker,
Parents,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Gormandize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandize. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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