insatiate

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Then on to the insatiate facts: one family in five had $3,000 to spend in 1932, the average weekly wage of factory workers was $16.21, the cost of a Chevy was $445, etc.

From Time Magazine Archive

The very thought enraged him, and an insatiate desire to conquer these conditions and make himself necessary to her happiness took possession of him.

From The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

It was, perhaps, the absence of playmates, and the habitual converse with mature minds which, at so early an age, inspired Jane with that insatiate thirst for knowledge which she ever manifested.

From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various

Ghirlandajo was an insatiate worker, and expressed a wish that he had the entire circuit of the walls of Florence to paint upon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

The habits and instincts of the animal change; it becomes diurnal in its habits, not choosing the night for its search of food; is more insatiate in its appetite, and the tendency to obesity increases.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George