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Search phrase: devouring

Plays

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Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iii.13That trembles under his devouring paws;That trembles vnder his deuouring Pawes:
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.80Of war's devouring gulfs and steely rocks,Of warres deuouring gulphes and steely rocks,
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.4When, spite of cormorant devouring Time,when spight of cormorant deuouring Time,
Richard IIR2 I.iii.284Devouring pestilence hangs in our air
The TempestTem III.iii.85Performed, my Ariel: a grace it had, devouring.Perform'd (my Ariell) a grace it had deuouring:
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.235Out of this fell devouring receptacle,Out of this fell deuouring receptacle,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.700 Devours his will, that lived by foul devouring. Deuoures his will that liu'd by fowle deuouring.
SonnetsSonn.19.1 Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws, DEvouring time blunt thou the Lyons pawes,
Venus and AdonisVen.57 Shaking her wings, devouring all in haste, Shaking her wings, deuouring all in hast,

Glossary

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cormorantgreedy, insatiable, all-devouring
gripingvoracious, grasping, devouring
preypreying, violence, devouring
ravinravenous, starving, devouring
vultureravenous, devouring, rapacious
wolvish-raveningdevouring like a wolf

Thesaurus

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all-devouringcormorant
devouringvulture
devouringprey
devouringravin
devouringgriping
devouring like a wolfwolvish-ravening
devouring, allcormorant
wolf, devouring like awolvish-ravening

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