gluttony
Example Sentences
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Rather, this a lean showdown between self-control and gluttony, between our modest heroes and a greedy titan.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
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
The consequences of this gluttony ripple through the ecosystem, as satiated birds ignore their usual prey of caterpillars, which then grow fat eating the leaves of oaks, researchers report today in Science.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
