greediness
Example Sentences
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Greediness, technology, and industry are often bad in our popular stories.
From Forbes • Jun. 5, 2014
"Greediness" is an ugly word, and no one likes to see greedy children.
From Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners by Bates, Loïs
Make no Shew of taking great Delight in your Victuals, Feed not with Greediness; cut your Bread with a Knife, lean not on the Table neither find fault with what you Eat.
From George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway by Conway, Moncure Daniel
Greediness of gain seems to have been his besetting sin.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
