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    Use "greedy" in a sentence

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    greedy


    1. Don’t panic when the market is dropping and don’t become greedy when prices are rising


    2. Upon seeing the eyes of the little beast, Topher whipped the door into a closed position, silencing the violent wind, though the child’s greedy finger, writhing like a serpent, burrowed its way into his thoughts


    3. It is where there once stood a rich, tall church with one hundred gates and one hundred bells and all have been stolen by greedy looters


    4. So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the


    5. Magpies chatter in the branches of short stubby trees, swivelling greedy eyes on fresh road kill, waiting for the two men to pass, waiting impatiently for the hop, skip and intermittent flutter of fresh meat served on cold tarmacadam


    6. What a greedy guy!” The second fat-cat said


    7. “Like I said, I’m not greedy


    8. He had heard of strange situations befalling his friends and peers, such as when Monica met a greedy planet


    9. He who is greedy for gain trouble his


    10. OF HAPPY MEADOWS AND GREEDY MONEY MEN

    11. on your own self-interests, it’s the same as being greedy


    12. Would it be misappropriated as a tool for the greedy?


    13. “You’re actually worried about this news, sir? Come now, what is it? What does it say, that letter there?” Galmar subconsciously let greedy fingers fly toward the paper, but Ulfric pulled it out of reach


    14. You lie; his sins are being arrogant, greedy, selfish


    15. “Here we go again any second now the greedy black bastards will turn up and cover my food”, he looked around and disgust was written on his face


    16. “Bloody hell mate you’re a greedy sod aint you three women pining for you when most of us have to make do with one”, and he grinned at me


    17. The view on the other side of the globe did not agree: In the prosperous West crime existed because its people were allowed to become greedy; the prosperity was not for the majority


    18. “As you have behaved more like a greedy child, rather than a strong-willed young woman, I feel the most fitting punishment is to take something away from you, like taking the rattle away from the baby


    19. Was God sending her a message? Was she being greedy - insisting on having everything? Without Alex, she might never be truly happy


    20. Its shiny bonnet together with the blinding headlights looked like the face of a greedy monster

    21. impressions was as greedy as Ute and Carole, the village whores


    22. They prepared again to resist the greedy


    23. onslaught of mind flaying impressions was as greedy, as Ute and Carroll, the village whores


    24. But even that was not enough for greedy colonists


    25. His latest column is consistent along a variety of condemning themes that oftentimes center upon, but are not limited to, class and racial conflict, feminism, wicked corporations, the greedy rich and the military industrial complex (thrown in for good measure) that express his excessive, if not obsessive sympathy for allegedly ―oppressed‖ peoples


    26. ” Missionaries, at least, were far more honest than the notoriously greedy agents running reservations before and after the missionaries


    27. Here in Canada, despite complex safety-nets, we not only have sexy feet hiding under the occasional long tablecloth, but more, we have the dangerous female coif exposed everywhere to greedy male eyes


    28. Downing the beer in a couple of greedy gulps, he battled his way to the door and, once outside, sucked in the humid Nottingham air


    29. Sheol has opened wide its greedy mouth


    30. Never mind about the ethnic, racial, and religious differences; people might have been throwing sticks and stones at each other over that crap but it was always some greedy bastard behind it all

    31. All this greedy sleestack could think about was fucking food


    32. devil that would like to keep mankind in a greedy and covetous state


    33. He stares with greedy eyes at Will’s fallen body, like the sight is a meal and he hasn’t eaten in weeks


    34. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places


    35. George, he felt was basically a good ruler, but his wife and her greedy relatives too easily manipulated him


    36. an abomination to the Lord, but the words of the pure are pleasant words; he who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he


    37. Greedy bastards usually had their money nearby


    38. When we are loving, generous, greedy, or angry, then we are practicing those qualities


    39. Perhaps young Aston will take my place; he is ambitious and greedy enough, although frankly I do not care


    40. to the people, Be not greedy of the spoil inasmuch as there is a battle before us, 18 And Gorgias and his host are here by us in the

    41. speaker called Chad Chadnik with a pearly white smile and greedy


    42. Q: It is restless, greedy of the pleasant and afraid of the un-


    43. What kind of world can a man create who is stupid, greedy,


    44. greedy and carnal ways of this passing world, lest you also


    45. Until my father got greedy and sold him out eleven years ago


    46. greedy mind that creates ideas of progress and evolution to-


    47. They will be simply men; none perfect; some greedy, cruel and dishonest


    48. And all this they did in the name of their greedy white-male God! In the name of Christianity, in the name of their white-male religion, and in the name of white-male capitalism, these rich Christian pigs tried to obliterate every other race, every other culture, every other religion, every other living creature! These rich greedy Christian fascist Nazi-scum pigs tried to exploit and subjugate everyone and everything! Death to all Christian rapists! Death to all Christian fascists! Death to all Christian mass murderers! Death to all Christian Nazi scum! Death to all rich greedy Christian capitalist exploiters!"


    49. must resort to all kinds of lies—one of which is that the Americans are all greedy


    50. Their propaganda line is that “the United States citizens consumes two-thirds of the world output because they are greedy














































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    Synonyms for "greedy"

    greedy avaricious covetous grabby grasping prehensile avid devouring esurient ravenous voracious starved carnivorous insatiable omnivorous rapacious selfish grudging miserly parsimonious eager desirous

    "greedy" definitions

    immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth


    (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous


    wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume