RAVENOUS in a Sentence
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49 example sentences for RAVENOUS, such as:
1. Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes.
2. He had mad hungers that grew more ravenous as he fed them.
3. The ravenous dog upset several garbage pails in its search for food.
4. Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the ravens be gathered together.
5. In Sweden, also, where the raven is common, the small black crow is rare.
2. He had mad hungers that grew more ravenous as he fed them.
3. The ravenous dog upset several garbage pails in its search for food.
4. Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the ravens be gathered together.
5. In Sweden, also, where the raven is common, the small black crow is rare.
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Meanings and Examples of RAVENOUS
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ravenous
a. devouring or craving food in great quantities
a. extremely hungry
Classic Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1 Left alone, the minister summoned a servant of the house, and requested food, which, being set before him, he ate with ravenous appetite.
2 As Estella looked back over her shoulder before going out at the door, Miss Havisham kissed that hand to her, with a ravenous intensity that was of its kind quite dreadful.
3 He ate in a ravenous way that was very disagreeable, and all his actions were uncouth, noisy, and greedy.
4 The animals had been frightened, cold, ravenous, wild as forest creatures, the strong attacking the weak, the weak waiting for the weaker to die so they could eat them.
5 Nevertheless, it may well be believed that since they have such a ravenous finger in the pie, it is deemed but wise to look sharp to them.
6 So for several days he had been going about, ravenous all the time, and growing weaker and weaker, and then one morning he had a hideous experience, that almost broke his heart.
7 There now, and he pushed the rubber tip of the bottle into the nuzzling mouth and the lamb began to suck it with ravenous ecstasy.
8 They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed, glad-hearted, and ravenous; and they soon had the camp-fire blazing up again.
9 A few minutes later she brought in three covers, and we all drew up to the table, Holmes ravenous, I curious, and Phelps in the gloomiest state of depression.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
10 He had mad hungers that grew more ravenous as he fed them.
11 He, with threefold jaws gaping in ravenous hunger, catches it when thrown, and sinks to earth with monstrous body outstretched, and sprawling huge over all his den.
12 "If I had a raven or a fox cub I could play with it," said Mary.
13 On the way he passed by a mill, and there sat a raven with broken wings, and out of pity he took him and wrapped him in the skin.
14 Then the peasant pinched the raven's head, so that he croaked and made a noise like krr, krr.
15 Then the peasant once more pinched the raven's head till he croaked loudly.
Example Sentence:
1 The ravenous dog upset several garbage pails in its search for food.
2 As Bush prepares to formally enter the race for president, there is a glaring disconnect between his ravenous fundraising and support among the Republican elite, and the reception from everyday voters like Doss, 57.
3 In Sweden, also, where the raven is common, the small black crow is rare.
4 The reason I raven is because I'm still trying to drop some weight for climbing, and in practical terms that means a lot of going to bed hungry.
5 Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes.
6 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the ravens be gathered together.