avariciousness

Example Sentences

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For the Greeks, that was just avariciousness, an activity that shrunk you down into a people-pleasing marketer or hollowed you out because you pursued hollow things.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2017

It is anyone's guess whether ownership can survive the accessibility the Internet provides or the avariciousness of the music streaming services.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2015

Oh, yes," he admits, "we have a very mercenary segment that displays the avariciousness and lack of humanitarianism of the times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pirkheimer, writing after the artist's death, says that by her avariciousness and quarreling nature she brought him to the grave before his day.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

It was quite evident from his very mannerism that Thurid had keenly guessed the man's weakness—even the clawlike, clutching movement of the fingers betokened the avariciousness of the miser.

From Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice