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Значения термина esurient на английском

Devouring or craving food in great quantities.

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      Extremely hungry.

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            Examples for "ravenous"
            Examples for "ravenous"
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            The flock came together ravenous and cannibal, and the party got clear.
            Iron Council
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            And for the first time since I could remember, I was ravenous.
            Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
            3
            He caught the dangerous scent tonight; but he was ravenous to madness.
            The Son of Tarzan
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            The ravenous manner in which they devour their food is almost incredible.
            Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the ...
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            The eyes of the ravenous monsters below seemed to mock my devotion.
            The Little Savage
            1
            Only the constant shrieking and the cold, voracious energy confirmed its presence.
            Desert places: a novel of terror
            2
            The wind strengthened the fire and the flames roared like voracious beasts.
            The Queen Pedauque
            3
            I'm a voracious reader, I get through a book every few days.
            The Irish Times
            4
            It seems the Irish have developed a voracious interest in overseas property.
            The Irish Times
            5
            Although Obama was popular, he was not voracious in his social networking.
            The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama
            1
            The girls were not in the least scared by the wolfish concert.
            Woman on the American Frontier / A Valuable and Authentic Histor...
            2
            The wolf will be always wolfish; the fox will be always foxy.
            Aesop's Fables; a new translation
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            Here were leashed the forty fierce and wolfish beasts of the pack.
            God's Country—And the Woman
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            There was something almost wolfish in the facial malignity that distorted him.
            A Texas Ranger
            5
            Only living.' He glanced across at her and smiled that wolfish grin.
            Something in the water
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            He'd simply become more rapacious as the time for the cleansing neared.
            Chaosbound
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            What money is made is retained by private academies and rapacious administrators.
            The Guardian
            3
            The contour of his hook-nosed face had something rapacious written on it.
            Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
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            He cannot be at once a rapacious creditor and a discharged bankrupt.
            Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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            His heart fell when he saw the rapacious gleam in their eyes.
            Bundori
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            She couldn't protect herself against our ravening dad with a mere cut-eye!
            Sister Mine
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            Because she had formed an image of me as a ravening monster?
            Dexter by Design
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            At one o'clock the four elder ones would be upon her, ravening.
            Mary Gray
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            The deep voice of the wind is that of a ravening beast.
            Reach for Infinity
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            And yet, why throw a rag like this to us ravening wolves?
            In Defence of Harriet Shelley

            (Often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous.

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                  Использование термина esurient на английском
                  1
                  The clamourings of esurient Viennese-
                  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919
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                  Lowest of all are those whose esurient vanity, acting on a frivolous levity of mind, urges them to make Literature a plaything for display.
                  The Principles of Success in Literature
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                  Oscar-theamiable, irresponsible, esurient Oscar-with no more sense of a picture than of the fit of a coat, has the courage of the opinions .
                  Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
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                  Esurient через время