rapacious

Example Sentences

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"The Moment" satirises the consequences of her hit 2024 album "brat", as rapacious record company executives and a film director played by Alexander Skarsgard seek to jump on the juggernaut.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

While still in New Zealand, suffocating in suburban Wellington, she had described herself as a “restless soul” with “a rapacious appetite for everything and principles as light as my purse.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Nowadays, they qualify as escapism confirming our assumptions about ridiculous, rapacious people, which is terribly fun.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

Mr. Abraham forges a solid path between an initial tender-if-cocky attitude and increasing anxiety and frustration at Jackie’s rapacious spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Those who commit themselves and are not rapacious should be honoured and loved.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli