Devoured has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fire devoured the forest. | |
| 2. | The fire devoured the town. | |
| 3. | The starving man devoured the food. | |
| 4. | He devoured his meal. | |
| 5. | After countless calls to the radio and countless newspaper ads in several consecutive days, people flocked to the festival. There are devoured tons of hamburgers that were offered there in abundance, and drunk liters of beer. As a result was a large number of drunks and thus, massive work for the legions of attending paramedics who had already acquired a huge experience of such mass gatherings at countless other parties. | |
| 6. | Saturn devoured his children. | |
| 7. | He was devoured by a tiger. | |
| 8. | The merchant's wife sent Vasilissa into the forest each day, hoping she might meet the old witch and be devoured. | |
| 9. | Then certainly they had devoured us all, and swallowed quick for ought that we could deem; such was their rage, as we might well esteem. And as fierce floods before them all things drown, so had they brought our soul to death quite down. | |
| 10. | A shark devoured him. |