Thesaurus / greediness
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She positively wanted to pass back one or two of the saucers for refilling, but was ashamed of her greediness.
JOYCE'S INVESTMENTSFANNIE E. NEWBERRYBut, with all their greediness and eagerness, they left ten feet square untouched on each side the subterranean.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READEWhy ever do they put up with him, and his cruelty and greediness?
WOOD MAGICRICHARD JEFFERIESYes; it is just that greediness that all men have, and which I find, at the same time, so dangerous and incomprehensible.
GARMAN AND WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDThis is by no means greediness, for a measured appetite is essentially incompatible with the conditions of Indian life.
BILL'S SCHOOL AND MINEWILLIAM SUDDARDS FRANKLINNot once did I see a trace of greediness or even eagerness, though interest was marked.
THE HEAD HUNTERS OF NORTHERN LUZON FROM IFUGAO TO KALINGACORNELIS DE WITT WILLCOXThis was so unlike an Indian housewife that he cast reproaches at her and accused her of greediness.
THE MYTHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANSLEWIS SPENCEThese so excite the greediness of the crowd that a fray results, in which three children are seriously wounded.
CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN NOVELISTSSERGE PERSKYThe sensuous nature drank in, with a kind of dainty greediness, the scene before her.
FRIENDSHIP AND FOLLYMARIA LOUISE POOLIt was a gulf, called the Gulf of Greediness, and in its furious waves many ships were wrecked.
STORIES FROM THE FAERIE QUEENEDMUND SPENSERWORDS RELATED TO GREEDINESS
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