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)

No! we find his actions narrowed down to the sordidness of the miser, the avariciousness of the extortioner.

From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Abrams, Alex St. Clair