greedily

Example Sentences

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The idea of the metaverse has been bearing down on us for decades, and until now we’ve greedily eaten up its ever-ripening fruits.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

For decades, it argues, the men of the mega-wealthy Hammer dynasty have been up to no good — living lawlessly and greedily, and harming others.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

And those who were enslaved were often first brought to Elmina by other African brokers who promoted the slave trade just as cruelly and greedily as the Europeans with whom they did business.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Like Larkin, he took his subjects oddly and greedily: the death of bookshops, trimming plumbago, old silos, a man whose uncle held the dying Nelson on the deck of H.M.S.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Her eyes followed everything greedily, watching him pull the eggs up into soft ridges in the center as they cooked and tilt the pan to let raw egg flow into the space.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman