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Recent Examples of wolfish
The black, wolfish dog was sentenced to death by the Framingham Police Department after tearing into the arm of the boy next door who came over to pet him.
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Peter Rubin, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2024
From the counter of Chez Bebelle, proprietor Gilles Belzons—a large wolfish figure who once played rugby for Narbonne—picks up a megaphone and hollers across to the charcutier opposite.
—Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2022
Best of all, for Sugar Kane, the band’s lead singer and Joe’s wolfish crush, the songwriters offer a clutch of sultry Harold Arlen-style blues.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
Quite noticeably, all the women are exceptionally attractive, while three somewhat older men seem distinctly wolfish.
—Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
Super Bowl Week is famous for its insatiable appetites, unabashed gluttony and wolfish overconsumption.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
West matched Fox with his own leather outerwear, a distressed biker jacket, leather pants, his utilitarian Red Wing boots, and a gray hoodie—plus what looked like pale, wolfish contact lenses.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Jan. 2022
In this holiday romance, ski lodge owner Landon Wolff has to cope with an influx of wolf shifters in his town at Christmastime — but his wolfish instincts get turned to 11 when veterinarian Gabrielle Lowe comes to stay.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2021
Maurizio gradually embraces his wolfish business side and Patrizia gets pushed aside – and consequently confides in a call-in TV psychic (Salma Hayek) – as the story veers from darkly comic to ultimately tragic.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
Peter Rubin, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2024
From the counter of Chez Bebelle, proprietor Gilles Belzons—a large wolfish figure who once played rugby for Narbonne—picks up a megaphone and hollers across to the charcutier opposite.
—Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2022
Best of all, for Sugar Kane, the band’s lead singer and Joe’s wolfish crush, the songwriters offer a clutch of sultry Harold Arlen-style blues.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
Quite noticeably, all the women are exceptionally attractive, while three somewhat older men seem distinctly wolfish.
—Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
Super Bowl Week is famous for its insatiable appetites, unabashed gluttony and wolfish overconsumption.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
West matched Fox with his own leather outerwear, a distressed biker jacket, leather pants, his utilitarian Red Wing boots, and a gray hoodie—plus what looked like pale, wolfish contact lenses.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Jan. 2022
In this holiday romance, ski lodge owner Landon Wolff has to cope with an influx of wolf shifters in his town at Christmastime — but his wolfish instincts get turned to 11 when veterinarian Gabrielle Lowe comes to stay.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2021
Maurizio gradually embraces his wolfish business side and Patrizia gets pushed aside – and consequently confides in a call-in TV psychic (Salma Hayek) – as the story veers from darkly comic to ultimately tragic.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wolfish
Adjective
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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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Screwworms—or technically New World Screwworms (NWS)—are parasitic flies that spawn hundreds of ravenous larvae in the wounds and orifices of a wide range of warm-blooded animals.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Well, utilities are getting a lot of attention as a way to play AI’s voracious appetite for electricity.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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These butterflies utilize cole crop foliage for laying eggs, out of which hatch voracious larvae that decimate the foliage and put an end to your fantasies about a hefty cole crop harvest.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The man is rapacious — a hungry ghost with a big mouth and an empty stomach.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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The sensationalized trial, every detail passed from rapacious reporters to a bloodthirsty public.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Its free lunch program for the homeless and hungry draws more than 200 people in a week, and a free drop-in mental health clinic operates from offices on-site.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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But until now, such light sources required large, power-hungry tabletop systems.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Wolfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wolfish. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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