money-grubbing

Example Sentences

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“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 will never watch LIV golf, I will root against every player who plays for LIV and my special antipathy goes to money-grubbing Phil Mickelson, who is the engine behind LIV.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 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

His education had been conducted on money-grubbing principles; the first word he was taught to spell was gain, and the second, money.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham