avarice

Example Sentences

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There’s a type of blunt, brutal fable about men and avarice that has been reworked every decade or so since Erich von Stroheim’s silent epic “Greed” was released in 1924.

From New York Times

How do you curb a dictator's enthusiasm for greed, avarice and power?

From Salon

Chinese state officials catch word of his avarice, consider it a betrayal and quickly reduce his freedoms.

From New York Times

The staggering concentration of wealth and obscene avarice of the very rich now dwarfs the hedonism and excesses of the world's most heinous despots and wealthiest capitalists of the past.

From Salon

The FA Cup will never regain its old lustre, because that relied on a purity that can’t exist in a world of unapologetic avarice.

From The Guardian