Literary notes about voraciously (AI summary)
The adverb “voraciously” is employed by writers to evoke a sense of unrelenting appetite, whether referring to the literal act of consuming food or the metaphorical consumption of literature and ideas. Characters are often portrayed devouring meals with intense, almost animalistic hunger, as seen when someone “ate voraciously” to highlight both his physical need and emotional state [1, 2, 3, 4]. In other contexts, the term captures the fierce eagerness with which individuals engage with reading or learning, suggesting an insatiable curiosity or passion [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. This multiplicity of use underlines “voraciously” as a versatile descriptor that enhances the depiction of consumption in both tangible and abstract pursuits [11, 12].
- Whaley had a plate heaped high with the meat and its accompanying peppery relish, and was eating voraciously.
— from The Cottage of Delight: A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben - He walked up to the sideboard, and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously, washing it down with a long draught of water.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - He flung himself upon the 21 cold meat and bread which were still lying upon the table from his host’s supper, and devoured it voraciously.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - They were getting along bravely and eating voraciously, and the old cry, "more provisions!" saluted the commander.
— from North-Pole Voyages Embracing Sketches of the Important Facts and Incidents in the Latest American Efforts to Reach the North Pole, from the Second Grinnell Expedition to That of the Polaris by Zachariah Atwell Mudge - She had read voraciously, curled up in chairs or on rugs, and had waked now and then to his presence and a hot argument.
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey - In his leisure, and during office hours whenever possible, he was reading voraciously.
— from Schopenhauer by Margrieta Beer - She read voraciously, so that her application of English became so keen that she was the first to detect verbal dissonances.
— from Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield - Tearing open the envelope, he read it voraciously, read it to the exclusion of his surroundings, the world at large, and—Judith.
— from Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning - Samuel was prepared for Oxford at various schools and in the paternal bookstore, where he read widely and voraciously, but without much system.
— from Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck - He read voraciously all that pertained to Nature, to her rocks and minerals, and he knew the habits of wild animals as he knew his own.
— from The Man from the Bitter Roots by Caroline Lockhart - He opened his knapsack and, taking out the bread with shaking hands, set his teeth in it voraciously.
— from The Downfall by Émile Zola - It was quick in all its motions, ate voraciously all kinds of vegetables, appearing to have no selection.
— from Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
