avaricious

Example Sentences

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An avaricious, envious flirt on the undisguised lookout for something better, she is angry that John wouldn’t use slave labor to build their house.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

His avaricious acquisitions of western lands is well known and not incidental to his desire to break from Great Britain, which had tried to limit western migration.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

Liverpool are not the only club casting an avaricious eye over the man who is currently one of the hottest managerial properties.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

Tuesday Weld was seen regularly as the beautiful, avaricious Thalia Menninger, the financially unattainable object of Dobie’s affections; Warren Beatty had a recurring role early in the run as a blue-blood classmate.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2022

It was roughly four times what even the most avaricious moneylender would charge.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss