Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
devoured
IPA transcription: [dɪv'aʊɚd]
Usage examples
Chauvelin was evidently devoured with impatience.
Eggs there are none; they are devoured, I fancy, almost before they are laid.
And therefore is it called the Maidens' Castle, for they have devoured many maidens.
"That," said Don Quixote, "was a Gothic king, who, going a-hunting, was devoured by a bear."
At all times she was highly tragic, devoured by remorse. Lightness of stress or behavior was far from her.
They were both sentenced to die--the daughter to be devoured by wild beasts, and the mother to be burnt alive.
Observe, please!--even after the Lamb has been devoured he is still the object of calumny on the part of the Wolf!
Our panting ankle barely gained When night devoured the road; But we stood whispering in the house, And all we said was "Saved"!
The patient was devoured with burning thirst. The stomach, distracted by pains, in vain sought relief in efforts to disburden itself.
I devoured the books they lent me: then it was full satisfaction to discuss with them in the evening what I had perused during the day.