avarice

Example Sentences

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Behind the rhetoric of sisterhood lurks avarice and greed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, has said the causes of the incident were "greed and avarice" which had allowed all rational safety rules to be broken.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2023

It would, no doubt, make them wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Early Christian authors gave dragons human characteristics such as greed and in literature, dragons signaled the sin of avarice — they were creatures to fear and defeat.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022

"Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin