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
But few of the directors who would join V/H/S over the years that followed introduced a more memorable creature — a birdlike demon who oscillates from purring affection to ravenous rage — or so skillfully tracked the running bodies captured by a running camera.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
The fourpiece — through their 1999 EP known as First Impressions, as well as their 2000 LP, Identity Crisis — had already developed a ravenous local following for their genre fusion of punk and metal that’s most commonly regarded as post-hardcore.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
The ravenous larvae create ghastly wounds that can be deadly to livestock and wild animals.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Sawflies are ravenous insects that feed on a wide variety of landscape trees, shrubs, and conifers.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
The fourpiece — through their 1999 EP known as First Impressions, as well as their 2000 LP, Identity Crisis — had already developed a ravenous local following for their genre fusion of punk and metal that’s most commonly regarded as post-hardcore.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
The ravenous larvae create ghastly wounds that can be deadly to livestock and wild animals.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Sawflies are ravenous insects that feed on a wide variety of landscape trees, shrubs, and conifers.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ravenous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravenous
Adjective
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But Septime Webre’s choreography is supposed to have the air of wild and sometimes frenzied social dancing, of Charlestons and Fox Trots and Black Bottoms, of indulging the glorious excesses of the 1920s before the greedier side of the American Dream comes crashing down a few years later.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Oct. 2025
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Which is to say, this isn’t the story of a greedy, materialistic man who suffers a crisis of conscience while trying to pry a priceless treasure away from an uneducated hick who doesn’t know any better.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Plus, having some extra small plates around before the big meal is a clever way to keep hungry family members out of the kitchen.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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But then as now, people cherished the underdog aspect of the album — the artist taking a stand, defying the odds, staying hungry.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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For Jay Gatsby, a man of immense wealth and few scruples, almost nothing is beyond his voracious appetite for excess.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Oct. 2025
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The larvae are voracious and consume many aphids and scale crawlers during this stage of development, MSU said.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Ravenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenous. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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