Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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.