Voracity
in sentence
7 examples of Voracity in a sentence
The men often shortened their breakfast to avoid getting cold; and their bricks, eaten in this way, far from the sun, with silent voracity, loaded their stomachs with lead.
The three children were satisfied with their knees; and all the time the little boy with silent
voracity
looked, without saying anything, at the brawn, excited by the greasy paper.
But the fact remains that not a single dogfish let itself get caught in the Nautilus's nets, so I can't vouch for their
voracity.
I will not go into other particulars, as for example want of shirts, and no superabundance of shoes, thin and threadbare garments, and gorging themselves to surfeit in their
voracity
when good luck has treated them to a banquet of some sort.
It is true that when he is hungry there is a certain appearance of
voracity
about him, for he eats at a great pace and chews with both jaws; but cleanliness he is always mindful of; and when he was governor he learned how to eat daintily, so much so that he eats grapes, and even pomegranate pips, with a fork."
The red-nosed man did as he was desired, and instantly commenced on the toast with fierce
voracity.
A candle of yellow wax illuminated this scene of
voracity
and revery.
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