avarice
Example Sentences
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The Laguna Beach space, a 1,000-square-foot love letter to fairy tales, is a fantastical, mystical wonderland, where fables of lost love, ghostly pets and irresistible avarice are told via miniature installations and ornate, storybook art.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025
But some of the most striking examples are not of intentional cruelty or blatant avarice but of simple blind spots.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024
It would, no doubt, make them wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022
"This is not so much a schedule of loss as a schedule of avarice," it stated in documents filed with the central London employment tribunal and seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2022
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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