Characterized by insatiable desire or eagerness, especially for food, drink, or knowledge.
After hours of hiking, Sam felt a voracious hunger building in his stomach. When he finally sat down with his friends to eat, he grabbed plate after plate, wanting to devour all the food in sight. He smiled, glad to fill his empty stomach at last.
The lost hikers were so hungry. They had been wandering for days with little to eat. Finally, they found a small village. The villagers gave them bread and stew. The hikers were voracious, eating everything in sight until their stomachs were full.
After hiking all day, Jake was so hungry that he attacked the campfire pizza like a voracious wolf. He tore through three slices in minutes, barely pausing to breathe, his body demanding every calorie from the simple meal.
During lunch, my dog became so voracious that he ate three hot dogs, my sandwich, and half of my sister's homework. Mom said he must have a tiny food factory inside him, but I think he's just training to win the next “All-You-Can-Eat Shoe Buffet.”
Barnaby the badger was absolutely voracious. After a long nap, he'd wake up and eat his whole pantry. He'd devour carrots, then chug a gallon of berry juice, and finally, for dessert, he'd gobble down a whole pie.
I read voraciously as a child. I would go to the library and get 10 books at a time, and would finish them all within a week. My parents had to limit how many books I could get at a time, because I was spending so much time reading that I wasn't doing anything else. Now, as an adult, I continue to read voraciously, but I've also started cooking. I love trying new recipes and making huge quantities of food.
Maggie is a voracious reader. She will often stay up late into the night, reading by the light of her lamp. When she finally sets her book down, her eyes are cold and her body is stiff from sitting in the same position for so long.
The baby was voracious, biting her mother's breast desperately. Her little hands fisted the fabric of her mother's shirt, hungrily searching for sustenance. The mother was exhausted, her body aching from the ferocity of the child's need. She knew, however, that this was simply a phase and that soon enough her baby would be content again.
I have a voracious appetite. I could eat a whole pizza by myself. Voraciously, I democracy hot dogs at the ball game. I eat so much that my friends make fun of my for being voracious.
Though she had just eaten, the woman's voracious appetite led her to the fridge for another snack. She rummaged through the fridge, looking for something to satisfy her hunger. Her eyes landed on a container of leftovers from the night before. She eagerly scooped out a large helping, not bothering to heat it up. She shoveled the food into her mouth, barely taking the time to chew before swallowing.
After skipping breakfast and hiking all morning, Maria sat at the picnic table with a voracious hunger. She devoured sandwich after sandwich without stopping, hardly pausing to speak. Her friends laughed and watched in amazement as she finished nearly all the food on her own.
The relief workers, after days of rationing, finally arrived with supplies. The hungry refugees, their stomachs aching, descended upon the food. Their voracious appetites were evident as they ate with an urgency that spoke of their deep need.
After three days of backpacking through the mountains, Jake's voracious hunger made every trail mix bar and energy packet disappear within seconds. His body craved calories, and he wolfed down each morsel like it might be his last meal before reaching the next campsite.
At the family buffet, Uncle Larry's appetite was so voracious that the waiters started hiding trays of lasagna behind the counter. By dessert, only a single lonely cannoli remained, trembling in fear as Larry eyed it with his legendary hunger for devouring great quantities of food.
Bartholomew, a gentleman of substantial girth, possessed a truly voracious appetite, capable of devouring a whole roast suckling pig and still eyeing the cheese platter with an almost desperate longing. His digestive system was a marvel of engineering, a bottomless pit of culinary enthusiasm.
After skipping breakfast and lunch, David arrived home feeling voracious, eyes scanning the kitchen for anything edible. His appetite was insatiable as he devoured three sandwiches in minutes, hungry for even more. When he was this voracious, nothing seemed to satisfy his enormous craving for food.
After weeks of meager rations, the shipwrecked sailors became voracious, their hunger a palpable entity. Each bite of salvaged biscuits was devoured with desperate speed, their bodies demanding every possible calorie.
After three days hiking the Appalachian Trail, Jake's voracious appetite made every trail mix bar and dehydrated meal vanish within seconds. His hunger was so intense that he barely paused to breathe between bites, consuming everything in sight with an almost desperate intensity.
At the all-you-can-eat buffet, Marvin’s voracious appetite stunned onlookers; he devoured mountains of shrimp, constructed a leaning tower of lasagna, and left nary a breadstick behind, all while proclaiming himself, between Herculean mouthfuls, the undisputed sultan of second helpings and czar of culinary conquest.
Barnaby, a prodigious glutton, possessed a truly voracious appetite. After consuming an entire victuals cart, he still cast a furtive, acquisitive glance at the waiter's unattended tray, his digestive apparatus evidently a bottomless chasm yearning for more comestibles.
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