as in greedy
having a huge appetite
we were ravenous after our canoe paddling, and the chili bubbling over the campfire smelled heavenly
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Recent Examples of ravenous
My memories of particular meals have been overwritten by the ravenous après-ski hunger that then drove me.
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Andrew Fedorov, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Those rules can’t fix the short-term problem of ravenous demand for electricity that is outpacing the speed of power plant construction, analysts say.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Close-up Photographer of the Year announces 2025 winner A trippy image of a coral, a huge swarm of mayflies and a ravenous spider were among the winners of the Close-up Photographer of the Year award.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Right now your cat is probably shredding your bedspread in a ravenous rage.
—Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
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Andrew Fedorov, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Those rules can’t fix the short-term problem of ravenous demand for electricity that is outpacing the speed of power plant construction, analysts say.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Close-up Photographer of the Year announces 2025 winner A trippy image of a coral, a huge swarm of mayflies and a ravenous spider were among the winners of the Close-up Photographer of the Year award.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Right now your cat is probably shredding your bedspread in a ravenous rage.
—Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ravenous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravenous
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People being selfish, people being greedy, people murdering other people, people kidnapping other people, taking advantage of women, people taking advantage of children, all of this awful stuff.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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Other teams — notably the Danes, the Italians and the Americans — decided to let the greedier bunch scrap for the same optimum position on the line.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Soaring ratings transform him into an unlikely prophet for a network hungry for spectacle, in a world where outrage sells and attention is the ultimate currency.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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That openness remained, even as Anthropic transitioned from a small research group to a massive company raising tens of billions of dollars from a wide range of profit-hungry investors.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Everything that couldn’t be crammed into their two small cars was consumed by the voracious flames.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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The exit of kingpins in the past has never offset the lure of huge profits tied to the voracious appetite for illicit substances north of the border.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Ravenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenous. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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