Omnivorous

So omnivorous is the Chinese appetite for imports that when the country ran short of scrap metal in early 2004, manhole covers disappeared from cities all over the world. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They are best described as omnivorous, their diet consisting of fruit, including grass seeds, and in most cases other animals, either hunted or scavenged, along with anything else available and easily digested. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And of these latter some may be called omnivorous, inasmuch as they feed on every kind of juice, as for instance, the common fly; others are blood-suckers, such as the gadfly and the horse-fly, others again live on the juices of fruits and plants. ❋ Unknown (2002)

That's the goal of the so-called omnivorous engine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But more importantly, the divide between the powerful and non-powerful people in society seems to relate to those who are 'omnivorous', engaging both in old fashioned snob culture classical music, ballet, reading classic books, etc and more popular forms. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Those who have climbed the social ladder tend to be 'omnivorous', enjoying popular culture such as football as well as 'snob culture'. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I sometimes throw in "omnivorous" alongside "omniscient" and "omnipotent" when mentioning the classic attributes ascribed to God, just to see whether people are paying attention, or are pleased as long as what is said about God is prefaced by "omni". ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)

Amazingly she doesn't think her team are that far away from achieving what she calls the 'omnivorous' search engine -i.e. one which is able to take a user's total context - where they are, what they were just reading, which direction their mobile phone is pointed and so on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I don't want to give the impression that -- the key thing about him was a kind of omnivorous, insatiable curiosity. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and immediate relatives are what might be termed "omnivorous" in food-habits, eating everything that comes their way. ❋ Various (1891)

Some are very little fettered in their tastes, and are called "omnivorous," others are bound in the strictest way to a diet consisting of the leaves of some one species of plant or the juices of one species of animal. ❋ Unknown (1888)

""Paranthropus robustus and the early Homo species,Homo ergaster, had a diet that reflected a mix of carbon isotopes, suggesting that they were omnivorous, which is similar to what modern humans are today," said Lee-Thorp. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Amazingly she doesn't think her team are that far away from achieving what she calls the 'omnivorous' search engine - i.e. one which is able to take a user's total context - where they are, what they were just reading, which direction their mobile phone is pointed and so on. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

It took me a while to realize that there's just the opposite way to be an artist: to be a kind of omnivorous personality. " ❋ Unknown (2008)

A far better comparison, to my mind, is another domesticated omnivorous scavenger which lives in highly status-oriented packs rather than grass-munching herds — the dog. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

An omnivorous troubadour, he roves from Manchester libraries to Colombian villages to salvage musical traditions – with recordings that move from Berber beats to the raptures of a raga, from the thrilling stillness of an Armenian lament to the sprightliness of an Elizabethan galliard. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The metamorphosis of Nat King Cole , from jazz-piano innovator to the most omnivorous of pop stars, continues to serve as an inspiration—and, in some cases, a cautionary tale—to contemporary musicians. ❋ Will Friedwald (2012)

And what began as a forced marriage soon became a warm friendship, driven by the men's omnivorous, multilingual literary appetites. ❋ Karen Wilkin (2011)

His online ideas factory, BLDGBLOG, attracts descriptors like ‘promiscuous’ and ‘omnivorous’. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"This whole [war] between [vegetarians] and omnivores [is stupid]." ❋ Max Glenn (2005)

This omnivores prefered meal would be Grilled steak [smothered] with [grilled onions] and mushrooms with a side salad and a side of [broccoli] ❋ Clattoverata (2009)

Omnivore: 'I could murder a nice, juicy steak. Do you want one?' Vegan: 'No thankyou, I'm a vegan.' Omnivore: 'Oh, one of those. I suppose you're going to [lecture me] on how bad it is to eat meat.' (waves meat in [vegan's] face). Vegan: (looks at omnivore disdainfully) No, but I would prefer it if you didn't wave meat in my face. (Waves tofu burger in [omnivore's] face). Omnivore: (Shrinks back in true terror). ❋ Tofu Is Yummy (2005)

1. Most humans are omnivores because they [eat meat] and [fruits]/[vegetables]. 2. I'm an omnivore because I like both men and women. ❋ The Real Moozer (2006)

Dude 1: The Rangers are killing the Celtics. Fuck my life. You want some pizza? Dude 2: Sure. Any [veggie lover's]? Dude 1: Any nuts in your jocks? We've got pepperoni, Hawaiian, and [meat lover's]. Wooo! Dude 2: ... I'll take Hawaiian. Girl: Haven't you been a veg since you were like, 12? Dude 1: Bro's a social [omnivore]. Dude 2: Go Celtics. ❋ McSantos (2009)

[I'm not] only [bi], I'm sexually omnivorous! ❋ Redlily90 (2010)

I became a sanus omnivore after discovering that I don't get all the [necessary] nutrients I need when being a [hardcore] [vegetarian] ❋ MickG (2013)