The hungry dog ate the delicious bone quickly.

Meaning: The dog wanted to eat and it ate the bone in a short amount of time because it tasted very good.

Choice of Words: Hungry means wanting to eat. Delicious means tasting very good. Quickly means in a short amount of time. When you put them together, "Hungry dog ate" means the dog wanted to eat and it ate the bone in a short amount of time because it tasted very good.

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The famished pooch devoured the delectable morsel with alacrity.

Meaning: This means that the dog was very hungry and really liked the taste of the bone, and ate it all up very quickly.

Choice of Words: Famished is a more formal way of saying hungry, and it means that the dog was extremely hungry. Pooch is a playful way of referring to a dog. Delectable means that the bone was very tasty. Morsel is a small piece of food. Alacrity means that the dog ate the bone very quickly.

The ravenous canine inhaled the delectable osseous fragment with unseemly haste.

Meaning: This means that the dog was very hungry and really liked the taste of the bone, and ate it all up very quickly, even though it was not polite to do so.

Choice of Words: Ravenous means that the dog was extremely hungry. Canine is a formal way of referring to a dog. Osseous means that the bone was made of bone. Fragment means that the bone was not whole. Unseemly means that the dog's behavior was not polite or proper. Haste means that the dog ate the bone very quickly.

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