adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an avid/voracious reader (= someone who eagerly reads a lot of books )
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She was an avid reader of historical novels.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
appetite
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The late James Currie had in common with all comedians a voracious appetite for new material.
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He has a voracious appetite for knowledge about what is happening around every corner in New York City.
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The socialists were not alone at the banquet of graft, but they had a particularly voracious appetite .
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A voracious appetite , omnivorous, suitable for a bear.
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Children have voracious appetites for authenticity, but in drama we should never intimidate them with factual information.
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Walburga once suppressed the voracious appetite of a child by having her consume three ears of grain.
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Joe, for example, had a voracious appetite .
reader
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Academic staff are voracious readers and inveterate talkers.
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He was a voracious reader with a compulsion to finish everything he started.
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A voracious reader , Vea is adamant about the pursuit of writing excellence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a voracious reader
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Caterpillars are voracious leaf-eaters.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A voracious reader, Vea is adamant about the pursuit of writing excellence.
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He has a voracious appetite for knowledge about what is happening around every corner in New York City.
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It is a voracious blood-sucker and even 100-200 worms are sufficient to produce death in sheep within a few weeks of infection.
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It was a dorado or dolphin fish, a voracious predator which feeds mostly on flying fish.
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Thus a dragonfly and its larva are both voracious eaters of their fellow creatures.
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Walburga once suppressed the voracious appetite of a child by having her consume three ears of grain.