GREEDY in a Sentence
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31 example sentences for GREEDY, such as:
1. We drank in long greedy swallows.
2. Guy was greedy, amoral and dishonest.
3. A hawklike, greedy, cruel expression was left upon it.
4. He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big rises.
5. I don't want it to do me more good than it does now, said my convict, with a greedy laugh.
2. Guy was greedy, amoral and dishonest.
3. A hawklike, greedy, cruel expression was left upon it.
4. He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big rises.
5. I don't want it to do me more good than it does now, said my convict, with a greedy laugh.
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Meanings and Examples of GREEDY
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greedy
a. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
a. wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1 And then the picture faded, blotted out by an impulse, hard, unscrupulous and greedy, which had been born in the lean days at Tara and was now strengthened by the present uncertainty of life.
2 So obvious that I was the only man of your acquaintance who could love you after knowing you as you really are--hard and greedy and unscrupulous, like me.
3 She did not return for five months more; five months crammed with greedy accumulation of sounds and colors to take back for the long still days.
4 With greedy ears I learned the history of that murderous monster against whom I and all the others had taken our oaths of violence and revenge.
5 The mother played her accompaniments and at the same time watched her daughter with greedy admiration and nervous apprehension.
6 A messenger came back to say that Jurgis should wait, and so he came inside of the gate, perhaps not sorry enough that there were others less fortunate watching him with greedy eyes.
7 Such were the stockyards during the strike; while the unions watched in sullen despair, and the country clamored like a greedy child for its food, and the packers went grimly on their way.
8 Abandoning everything to the greedy grasp of those around her, the mother darted, with distraction in her mien, to reclaim her child.
9 We drank in long greedy swallows.
10 I don't want it to do me more good than it does now, said my convict, with a greedy laugh.
11 He ate in a ravenous way that was very disagreeable, and all his actions were uncouth, noisy, and greedy.
12 Being now between me and the light, I could see her curled lip, and her cruel eyes intently fixed on one place, with a greedy triumph.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
13 A hawklike, greedy, cruel expression was left upon it.
14 During the cat's absence the mouse cleaned the house, and put it in order, but the greedy cat entirely emptied the pot of fat.
15 When the king came and saw this, he was greatly astonished and pleased; but his heart grew still more greedy of gain, and he shut up the poor miller's daughter again with a fresh task.
Example Sentence:
1 These people have good intentions to make a profit, but they are too greedy, which is why we have regulation.
2 King Midas is a perfect example of avarice, for he was so greedy that he wished everything he touched would turn to gold.
3 How about the freedom to not have to worry that some greedy profiteer is going to plunder all of my retirement options?
4 He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big rises.
5 Guy was greedy, amoral and dishonest.
6 Being neither jealous nor greedy, being without desires, and remaining the same under all circumstances, this is nobility.