The sudden devourment of the crops by locusts left the village with nothing to harvest.

She looked at the buffet devouringly before launching into a feast.

Villagers whispered that devouresses haunted the cliffs, waiting to consume anyone who wandered too close.

In old sea tales, the devouress was said to lure sailors to the rocks with a mournful cry.

As the sun sank behind the cliffs, the restless sea devoureth the last thread of daylight, turning the horizon to fire.

The devouringness of the wildfire left only blackened trees and silence in its wake.