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gluttony

[gluht-n-ee] / ˈglʌt n i /


















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This level of gluttony is nothing new on the Damariscotta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

“It’s not just harm. It’s not just anger. It’s almost like a Zen master within the goddess role of the teaching as well. ‘Be careful what you wish for,’ gluttony, greed, all of these things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

It’s like watching hands frantically reach out for candy after a piñata has been broken into — gluttony at its finest.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

Then she rose again, brazen with her various sins—pride, gluttony, avarice, uncooperativeness—and for each she paid with a life.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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