money-grubbing

Example Sentences

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A mother’s disappearance comes into the narrative, then fades; a money-grubbing son arrives, then steps off the stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

This one concerns a set of statements he made in 2019 accusing Carroll of being a liar and a money-grubbing left-wing operative who was not his “type.”

From Slate • Sep. 11, 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

He has no original taste to guide or interest him: what he once had has perished long ago in the dreary toil of money-grubbing.

From The Quest of the Simple Life by Dawson, William J.