greedily

Example Sentences

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They greedily eat the colony’s food, but shirk their own foraging duties, and can only hatch more parasites instead of workers when they reproduce.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

The idea of the metaverse has been bearing down on us for decades, and until now we’ve greedily eaten up its ever-ripening fruits.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

For decades, it argues, the men of the mega-wealthy Hammer dynasty have been up to no good — living lawlessly and greedily, and harming others.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

And those who were enslaved were often first brought to Elmina by other African brokers who promoted the slave trade just as cruelly and greedily as the Europeans with whom they did business.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022

The Walasi-Yi, we discovered, provided other services to bona fide hikers for a small fee—laundry center, showers, towel rental—and we greedily availed ourselves of all those.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson