materialistic

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ennos is hard on the materialistic lifestyle, and this view can be defended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Mozart and his librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, meant to make us squirm as they uncover our insecurities and the faults in our materialistic facades.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

"I don't have anything particularly sentimental, it's all materialistic, it can be replaced when it gets broken."

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024

I realized that I’d been pretty materialistic, a “living in the moment” kind of a thing and not really thinking much about the long term.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2024

I think it flattered him that I enjoyed his classes so much I take them for no materialistic reason like credit and an A, but for the sheer beauty of chemistry itself.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath