money-grubbing
Example Sentences
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Meredith is not, in fact, a money-grubbing body mechanic; emotionally scarred by a bout with childhood leukemia, she participates in annual medical missions in Central America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
“The main thing,” Zwickel said in a phone interview, “was about bringing out his humanity, making sure he wasn’t just this money-grubbing caricature.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
I didn't volunteer to support corrupt, money-grubbing contractors, nor work for commanders only interested in themselves.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
“This is a money-grubbing story,” said his attorney, Patrick McShane.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
But he was a money-grubbing old dog, was Boulger, and it cost me a cool hundred to bring him up to the scratch.
From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
