mammon

Example Sentences

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He built vast temples to Mammon, some of which, heavy with debt, collapsed in a heap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The couple safely fled with their three pets — cats Bird and Mammon and a dog, Dune — and a few belongings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

Perhaps the Age of Mammon might be a better term.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2017

Albee’s play embraces not only history and science but even religion in that Nick’s father-in-law was a travelling preacher who managed to reconcile God and Mammon.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2016

I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë