greedily
Example Sentences
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Nothing of that great regional upheaval greedily foretold by the prophets of Western decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“May today’s sentencing deter anyone who seeks to greedily profit off their clients through deceitful practices,” Raia said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
They greedily eat the colony’s food, but shirk their own foraging duties, and can only hatch more parasites instead of workers when they reproduce.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023
“That’s felicitous,” She replied somewhat greedily, “Copy all of these, speedily!”
From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022
It landed on the floor beside the cot where I clawed for it and gnawed it greedily.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
