ravenousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravenousness
Noun
  • In recent books, French has borrowed elements of the western genre to explore corporate rapacity in the era of climate change and looked at life in a small Irish village with the ear to both insider and outsider.
    Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.
    Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Noun
  • Look at its crazy voracity for naked flesh, the provocative conditions and licentiousness in literature, art and the media… on top of the deteriorating morality and societal decadence that started to threaten every soul, every family, every gathering.
    Eric Trager, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2014
  • The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.
    Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • This summer, Health surveyed 2,001 adults living in the U.S. about all things digestion, including their poop patterns, bathroom habits, stomach symptoms, and beyond.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 29 July 2025
  • Symptoms may include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea (often bloody) and vomiting, lasting around five to seven days.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • President Donald Trump is sending two top White House officials to Gaza on Aug. 1 to inspect food distribution centers and meet with Gazans amid intensifying global scrutiny over the hunger crisis in the territory.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Aid experts warn that airdrops are dangerous, expensive and insufficient to tackle the widening hunger crisis there.
    Samuel Granados, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That brings the total number of deaths from famine and malnutrition since the war began to 101, which includes 80 children, according to the health ministry.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 22 July 2025
  • Advancing age, severe illness or injury, and malnutrition: It's estimated that people ages 40-80 can lose 30-50% of their muscle mass, which can cause weakness and frail bones.
    Lauren O'Connor, Health, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • As Live Aid reminds us, the charity concerts and records began when Geldof, then best known as lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, watched a television news report about people in Ethiopia dying of starvation.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
  • After a necropsy, officials found the two cats had died of starvation and dehydration.
    Thomas B. Langhorne, IndyStar, 9 July 2025
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“Ravenousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenousness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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