avarice

Example Sentences

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Behind the rhetoric of sisterhood lurks avarice and greed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 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

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

If the conscience of the Scythedom fails, replaced by the avarice of privilege, we could become our own worst enemy again.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman