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Definition of the day : « greedy »

  • adj desiring excessively
Example sentences :
  • Malbone, greedy of emotion, was drinking to the dregs a passion that could have no to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • They were thinking: "That greedy little girl has gone on and on eating."
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little always share.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Rgina was greedy, but her pride was greater than her greediness.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Oh yes, any thing at all, ma'am; I'm not greedy—nor needy, thanks above!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The stork is a bird of prey; it is vigilant, greedy, and catches gudgeons.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • They were greedy, and, in their besotted avarice, they killed the goose.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • The dragon had not yet satisfied his hunger and opened his greedy jaws wide.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • I cried, my whole attitude changing to one of greedy expectation.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Peasants were greedy, narrow, unimaginative, lacking in public spirit.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine