Sentence examples for may devour a from inspiring English sources

When democracy supersedes legality, the wolves may devour a lamb, assuming they construe the slaughter as taxation.

A child who rejects a dull cooked carrot may devour it when it is presented raw and sliced into sticks.

A monster that may devour itself.

Therefore, the Devil can only thrive if we play host. 1 Peter 5 8 warns us, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour".

The great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he may devour".

Only emaciated zombies are left, aimlessly seeking whom they may devour.

That's surely true about the sexual revolution, of any era: it may devour its children, but it is just as likely to be devoured by them.

Or we may devour our books like burrowing worms, not to benefit from the wisdom they contain but merely to stuff ourselves with countless words.

I am going to make overtures to them, so that unlike some other wretches, whom they have been too spiritless to touch, they may devour me with all speed.

Annie may devour every word of Massie's nastiness, but unlike Massie, Annie plays catcher on her softball team and was the only female trumpet player in the county jazz band this year and is working two part-time jobs this summer.

If you don't have, or can't develop, fix-it skills, the repair costs may devour your budget.