glutton

Example Sentences

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Six is a perfect number, and seven is a prime number, but only a glutton for punishment would put them together in front of a bunch of 13-year-olds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

She’s boisterous but not a glutton for attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

If you're a glutton for gluten, you're not alone; last year, Girl Scouts revealed they sold over 900,000 boxes of cookies.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

One willing victim, the performer and punishment glutton Ehren McGhehey, better known as Danger Ehren, is restrained and coated in honey to attract a bear.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022

In the barn he became a disarmingly affectionate glutton, “as gentlemanly a horse,” marveled Smith, “as I ever handled.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand