gluttony
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It’s like watching hands frantically reach out for candy after a piñata has been broken into — gluttony at its finest.
From Salon • May 11, 2025
Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023
The consequences of this gluttony ripple through the ecosystem, as satiated birds ignore their usual prey of caterpillars, which then grow fat eating the leaves of oaks, researchers report today in Science.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2023
Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull.
From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2023
Cilia shouldn’t let her get away with such selfishness and gluttony.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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